Pet turtle forgotten in a warehouse for 30 years with no one feeding it, still alive after its owner passed away

Turtles, with their leisurely habits, dignified appearance, and long lifespans, have always been regarded by people around the world as a symbol of longevity and prosperity. Especially in ancient China, many wealthy and noble families would even keep large turtles at home, and old turtles of great age were especially popular, because they believed such turtles could hold down the auspicious energy of the family and keep it prosperous. In modern times, keeping a turtle is more suitable for the elderly than keeping playful, restless cats and dogs, and there is no need to worry about vaccines, parasites and other issues. Turtles have become the most loyal companions for many lonely elderly people, and the number of people starting to keep turtles has been increasing year by year.

For couples and married partners, a long-lived turtle can even accompany the two of them for a lifetime, so many couples have begun to treat turtles as witnesses of their affection. After deciding on their lifelong commitment, they keep a turtle together. Compared with cold, silent diamonds and jewelry, "keeping a turtle together" is a very romantic and thoughtful promise.

A pet turtle was forgotten in a warehouse for 30 years, with no one feeding it all along, and it was still alive and well after its owner passed away. The story goes like this: a couple in Brazil also kept a turtle at the beginning of their marriage, but this turtle was different from other turtles, whose temperament is calm. It was actually very playful and restless. Before the couple had kept it for even a few years, the turtle ran away from home and disappeared. The couple searched every corner of their home and the neighbors' homes but could not find the turtle they missed so much. Full of regret, they never kept another turtle afterward. 30 years later, the couple grew older and both died of illness. Their children came back to sort through the couple's belongings, and in a warehouse full of dust and waste, they found the old turtle that had run away from home 30 years earlier.

At this time the old turtle was still full of vigor, while the couple had already passed away. In the old turtle's long life, the past 30 years were only a small part, yet they were half a lifetime of the couple supporting each other. The son thought of how the old turtle had lived in the warehouse all year round, with no one feeding it and no food at all. How had it managed to survive all these years?

To solve the doubt in his heart, the son specially invited a biologist. The biologist carefully observed the warehouse where the old turtle had lived for 30 years and the surrounding environment, and concluded that over those 30 years the old turtle had fed on insects, termites and the like, used rainwater flowing down the drainage pipe as its water source, and, since turtles are very good at enduring hunger, it successfully made it through 30 years in the warehouse with no one feeding it.

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