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I couldn't find an online link to the article, but in the local paper there is an article about a little kid that was 6 and lived in California that found a desert tortoise in his front yard. The family kept it as a pet and took it with them whenever they would move and care for it, and named it Mike. The boy grew up and faught in WWII for three years and when he came home the tortoise went up to him with his head out wanting him to pet him. That guy is now 77 years old and still has the tortoise! The tortoise is hibernating in the picture they took for the article, they dont know how old it is, but the crazy thing is it is still the same size now as they day it wondered into his yard which is about 2'x1'x9" so no telling how old it really is. The article also told all the things the tortoise would do, and how smart he was and so on. But it is a really neat article. Also it said that when he dies, his son is going to care for it since he played with it all through his child hood, and his kids play with it when they go over to their grandpas house, and his granddaughter has petted it so its like a family member through 4 generations. So I thought that was pretty cool.
