Mzee, our 130 year old tortoise, just happened to be nearby and he was very surprised by Owen's odd behavior cowering behind him as a baby hippo does to its mother.

NPR: A Hippo and Tortoise Tale

The spots run 90 seconds--30 seconds more than the ones Pfizer ran for just four months last year--and hew to the same narrative as the old one, using a race between a tortoise and a Belgian hare to dramatize the fact that quitting smoking that favors the slow and steady--and that Chantix can help.

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The tortoise is named Mzee, which is Swahili for old man.

BBC: NEWS | Africa | Odd couple make friends in Kenya

The tortoise raised its wormy head and fixed him with an old eye above its nostriled beak.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Natives and Exotics'

Instead, Mr. Henen often hustles out to remote parts of the Mojave Desert to make sure the threatened desert tortoise, which can weigh 10 pounds and live to be more than 50 years old, isn't frightened by charging troops.

WSJ: An Army of Biologists Are on Nature Patrol at Military Bases