700-year-old weds 80-year-old

A pair of mossback turtles are wed at a Chongqing park, SW. Municipality on April 24, 2006. The 700-year-old bridegroom Manniu waited hundreds of years for his 80 year old Miss Right Mangmei. The bride flew thousands of miles to meet Manniu, from Hangzhou, E. Zhejiang Province on a matchmaking trip.



700-year-old mossback Manniu is groomed before his wedding ceremony at a Chongqing park, SW. Municipality on April 24, 2006. The 700-year-old bridegroom Manniu waited hundreds of years for his 80 year old Miss Right Mangmei. The bride flew thousands of miles to meet Manniu, from Hangzhou, E. Zhejiang Province on a matchmaking trip.




A staff worker prepares the wedding room for the newlyweds, mossback turtles Manniu and Mangmei, at a Chongqing park, SW. Municipality on April 24, 2006. The 700-year-old bridegroom Manniu waited hundreds of years for his 80 year old Miss Right Mangmei. The bride flew thousands of miles to meet Manniu, from Hangzhou, E. Zhejiang Province on a matchmaking trip.