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	Tortoise information - Search.com
		As with its aquatic cousins, the turtle and the terrapin, the tortoise is shielded from predators by a shell.
		The oldest tortoise ever recorded, indeed the oldest individual animal ever recorded, was Tui Malila, who was presented to the Tongan royal family by the British explorer Captain Cook, in either 1773 or 1777 (the exact date is not known).
		Another tortoise has laid claim to be the oldest creature ever: The Alipore zoo in India was the home to Adwaitya, which zoo officals claimed was the oldest living creature until its death on Thursday, March 23, 2006.
	www.search.com /reference/Tortoise (885 words)

	tortoise - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about tortoise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Angulate tortoise Chersina angulata in the desert in South Africa.
		Tortoises are related to the terrapins and turtles, and range in length from 10 cm/4 in to 150 cm/5 ft. The shell consists of a curved upper carapace and flattened lower plastron joined at the sides; it is generally more domed than that of turtles.
		Tortoiseshell is the semi-transparent shell of the hawksbill turtle.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /tortoise (428 words)

	Tortoise - Wikivisual
		Tortoises tend to be diurnal animals with tendencies to be crepuscular depending on the ambient temperatures.
		While the Oxford English Dictionary refers to a tortoise as a "slow-moving land reptile with a scaly or leathery domed shell into which it can retract its head and legs" [1], in American English it is not uncommon for such animals to be referred to as turtle.
		Tortoises generally have lifespans comparable with those of human beings, and some individuals are known to have lived longer than 150 years.
	en.wikivisual.com /index.php/Tortoise (771 words)

	Tortoise Summary
		The great tortoise is often represented in India as the sustainer of the four elephants upon whose backs the world rests.
		Moreover, the great age to which the tortoise supposedly lives has made it a symbol of longevity and immortality; in the mythico-iconographical tradition the tortoise often forms a complex together with immortality, the moon, and paradise.
		Like its aquatic cousins, the turtle and the terrapin, the tortoise is shielded from predators by a shell.
	www.bookrags.com /Tortoise (1190 words)

	The Hare and the Tortoise - Wikisource
		This is a disambiguation page, which lists works which share the same title.
		The Hare and the Tortoise, a fable by Jean de La Fontaine.
		The Hare and the Tortoise, a fable by Aesop.
	en.wikisource.org /wiki/The_Hare_and_the_Tortoise (94 words)

	Game Reviews T - SPAG
		There are a tortoise and a hare here.
		The hare is running moebius strips around the tortoise which assuredly continues with measured progress.
		The puzzles, on the whole, are not hard in themselves provided the language, time or popular culture references are familiar; the game has built-in context-dependent hints.
	www.sparkynet.com /spag/t.html (18776 words)

	Green Tortoise: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Green Tortoise is a company which hosts tours tourism quick summary:
		Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act....
		The Green Tortoise company is based in San Francisco[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] and owns hostel[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject]s in Seattle Seattle, Washington quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/green_tortoise.htm (613 words)

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