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Is 12,000,000,000 nanoseconds as long as a Giant Tortoise's Lifespan?

It's about 0.000000002 times as long as a Giant Tortoise's Lifespan
The length of a Giant Tortoise's Lifespan is about 7,900,000,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000000 nanoseconds.
(for Adwaita, an Aldabra Giant Tortoise) (Dipsochelys dussumieri, formerly Geochelone gigantea)
Adwaita, an Aldabra Giant Tortoise who lived the later part of his life in the Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata, India, was 7,900,000,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000000 nanoseconds at the time of his death. Once a pet of Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, who is credited with securing India as a colony of Great Britain, Adwaita lived through the entirety of India's 6,000,000,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000000 nanoseconds as a British colony.
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