The logic was that the eagle thought his head was a stone, wanting to kill the live tortoise by dropping it.

人们的推理是老鹰以为他的头是块石头，想把活乌龟空投到上面摔死。

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The lifespan of an African Spurred Tortoise is about 30-50 years, though can live much longer - the oldest in captivity is 54 years, located in the Giza Zoological Gardens, Egypt, 1986.

非洲盾臂龟的寿命通常在30到50年间，而在1986年，一家埃及动物园中圈养的非洲盾臂龟活到了54岁，这是其中最长寿的一只。

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The tortoise - who is barely the size of its mum's foot - can expect to live to 150 years.

这只身材仅有妈妈的一个脚掌大的小龟，寿命约为150年。

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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.

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In the late 1800s, Charles Darwin argued for the protection of the tortoise, which can grow three feet high and live for two centuries.

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