I have a little turtle,
He lives in a box.
He swims in the water
And he climbs on the rocks.
He snapped at a minnow
He snapped at a flea
He snapped at a mosquito
And he snapped at me.
He caught the minnow,
He caught the flea,
He caught the mosquito,
But he didn't catch me!
Vachel Lindsay
I'm a little turtle, I crawl so slow,
And carry my house Wherever I go. When I get tired I pull in my head, My legs and my tail, And go to bed! -- Unknown
Sea turtles don't age-they wont die unless they get an infection or get eaten by a larger animal. This means there could be a thousand year old turtle swimming around somewhere.....