I might suggest that Beethoven did not like what he perceived was Karl's emphasis on his deafness as the source of his genius. After all, he was a genius in music long before he lost his hearing. And the suggestion that he had to be afflicted in order to be original might not have sat well with him.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Sea Turtles can live over 100 years. The oldest recorded age of a turtle was 250 years in India. Scientists though are still unsure how old some turtles get, especially endemic species such as the Galapagos turtle that have lived for years in isolation. It is difficult to measure the age since it takes centuries, some guess that some could be around 400 to 500 years old. Source(s): wikianswers.com.
Sea turtles, along with other turtles and tortoises, are part of the order Testudines. The seven living species of sea turtles are: leatherback sea turtle, green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, flatback sea turtle and olive ridley sea turtle.All species except the leatherback are in the family Cheloniidae.he origin of Sea Turtles goes back to the Late Jurassic (150 Ma) with genera such as Plesiochelys, from Europe. In Africa, the first marine turtle is Angolachelys, from the Turonian of Angola. The difference between a sea turtle and other turtles is that their legs and arms cannot retract back into their shells.