There was a picture of a two headed turtle in the news. Other turtle stuff. Tortioses are omnivorous when young, but as they mature they become strictly vegetarian. Captain Cook gave a gift of a tortiose to a chief on an island (maybe in the 1770s). The turtle was still alive as of a couple of years ago, and we really don’ know how old it was when it was given. How can tortioses catch crickets and other prey that are too agile for humans to catch? Although they walk slowly, the tortiose has a very fast neck motion. The neck comes out of the shell and down in a flash, and the tortiose snaps up its prey.