Eterna-tortoise

From Wikipedia: Addwaitya (c. 1751–March 23, 2006) is possibly 255 years old, tortoise claimant for world's oldest animal, reputedly former pet of General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, recently died of liver failure.

Doesn't it just fuck horribly with your comprehension of reality to think that a creature, composed of tissue, that was 38 years old at the time of the French Revolution, JUST DIED YESTERDAY?