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First named reptile[edit]

What was the first recorded reptile that got given its own name? Not a species name, but a personal name. 2001:8003:A015:4100:A4BD:D102:BDBE:405F (talk) 07:58, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps Mehen (c.2100 BC).--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:31, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mythical beasts apart, both the Ancient Greeks and the Romans kept pet snakes. [1] Ajax the Great, Tiberius and Elagabalus were noted pet-snake keepers. [2] Presumably they gave their pets names, but they appear not to have come down to us.

Archbishop William Laud had a pet tortoise acquired in 1628 which (unlike the executed cleric) survived until 1753 when it was either drowned in a flood or dug out of hibernation by a gardener for a bet. [3] We don't know the tortoise's name either.

Tu'i Malila, originally given as a hatchling to Captain James Cook, lived from 1777 until 1965.

Adwaita, allegedly the pet tortoise of Clive of India, lived from about 1750 until 2006.

Alansplodge (talk) 18:29, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

finding out if this story really is true[edit]

Hi there, I have read this here sadly once in my youth https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/101999363#h=22:0-28:18 and I would like you guys to help me if this "false story" can be true or not. I have searched very well the red light websites and offers online in the islands there, there is not really much, if the story is true, this woman shouldnt be hard to find. In my youth I was more interested to imagine how I would use the service of all these women there, because I wasn't allowed to, since I was raised up in this child abuser cult. If I wouldnt know it better, I would guess that this island which is talked about, might be the dominikan republic or Haiti. Do you have a guess for any other island - if so - what make you think so? my hardest guess why this is just a disturbing fake story: how does this woman would live today than - and why would she let these woman free if they have debts, they have to work else way with her and this story would be more famous in the world and show up one result of the other in the internet - but it doesn't. please help me to declarete this as a fake story or a true story. There should be enough information to locate her old brothel --46.167.62.33 (talk) 13:10, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, there isn't enough to check the story, since the only name was changed, and they don't specify the place or date. But this all sounds quite plausible. See child trafficking and child prostitution. SinisterLefty (talk) 14:22, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has articles about Jehovah's Witnesses and the OP asks about a story in a JW publication. The story is a deliberately vague homily about a "Cecilia" - not her real name - allegedly a repentant owner of brothels in "one of the Carribean islands" which could be any of about 29 territories in 13 states in which there are 14 large metropolitan areas likely to have organized prostitution, not least here. There is not enough information about location or date to check the story. DroneB (talk) 14:36, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

so you sound like I would also have to check in any language, also in dutch if the brothel wasn't eventually on Saaba or St. Marteen? Not enough, well I remember I have read she has some children and I am sure any of these prostitutes would tell her life story or any newspaper would have brought this sensation story that a brothel has closed after 15 years and in any sex-forum there must be a "Freier" which can or could tell, he searched for a place he had a nice time during the 15 years while being opened and now its gone, I have read once in such forum, I think it was called "Huren-Test" that somebody said he was in hurghada (Egypt) and all good brothels are now closed since there is a new president. So the same way I would expect any "customer" to write down his experience and exactly that story must be able to found - if not - this watchtower magazine just has given out again a fake story. They have had yet a fake story about a Passanger who survived the crash of TWA-800 but ... his name isn't on any list. Not on the survived persons, also not the dead bodies. The Name just doesnt come up. They also had a fake story about a crash of an airplane in mexico city, but - surprise - there was no crash on this date.
If they lie on airplane stories, they would also lie on prostitution stories. --46.167.62.33 (talk) 23:30, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

46.167.62.33, if you have a question about prostitution, the website of some religion, or whatever, then ask it, concisely. However, if you'd like to complain about any of these, please do so on some other website. A Wikipedia "Reference Desk" isn't a discussion forum. -- Hoary (talk) 00:57, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]