Tortoises.

Dogs may be good at fetch, but tortoises are the masters of hide-and-seek. According to Io9, a red-footed tortoise who was believed to have escaped her home 30 years ago was found alive and well in the family's storeroom. Manuela the tortoise made her supposed disappearing act from the Almedia family in Rio De Janiero back in 1982. The family was renovating their home, and admittedly were not keeping an eye on the animal's whereabouts. When they couldn't find Manuela later, they assumed she slipped out a door left open by workers. In ...

A retired tortoise breeder is seeking to return a 98-year-old tortoise, Blake, to his native home, the beaches of Gallipoli in Turkey. According to the Telegraph, back in 1916, a British serviceman now only remembered as Mr. Marris took the tortoise from the beach in Turkey "as shells rained overhead" in the Gallipoli Campaign, which is regarded as one of the greatest disasters for the Allies in World War I. RELATED: Save the Western Pond Turtle Before It's Too Late (Video) Gallipoli is located near the Dardanelles, a narrow strait in northern Turkey. The British and French, with volunteer soldiers from Australia and New Zealand as well as British India, undertook the campaign to ...

This sleepy kitten is perfectly adorable all on her own, but when you add a snoozing tortoise to the nap-time mix, the scenario becomes exponentially cuter. We don't make these adorable animal video rules; we just abide by them like everyone else on the Internet. Behold the cuteness in full effect below. CLICK TO SEE MORE UNIQUE ANIMAL FRIENDSHIPS: ...

Unlike Lonesome George, who died June 24, Diego symbolizes not a dying breed but one resurrected. Having sired hundreds of offspring, Diego has been central to bringing the Espanola Island type of tortoise back from near extinction, rangers at Galapagos National Park say. Diego was plucked from Espanola by expeditioners sometime between 1900 and 1930 and wound up in the San Diego Zoo in California, said the head of the park's conservation program, Washington Tapia. When the U.S. zoo returned him to the Galapagos in 1975, the only other known living members of his species were two males and 12 females. RELATED: 100-Year-Old Giant Tortoise, Last of His Subspecies, Dies ...

Everyone has his or her idea of what paradise is, but Brendon Grimshaw made his a reality. The 86-year-old man lives on his own island in the Seychelles, an island he shares with more than 120 tortoises. This odd but awesome living situation didn't happen overnight. Grimshaw bought Moyenne Island in 1964 for 10,000 pounds. Over the years, he planted 16,000 trees, built 4.8 kilometers of nature paths and introduced 111 tortoises to his island. While he is the only permanent resident of Moyenne, Grimshaw makes his piece of paradise open to all who would like to visit. Today, this relatively untouched land is part of Sainte Anne Marine National Park, a system of six islands. Grimshaw has ...