By the time construction was over, the turtle, named Frumpy, which originally fit into the palm of a hand, was over 18 inches long, forcing the crew to find a new home.

Later, BBN developed a turtle named Irving that had touch sensors and could move forwards, backwards, rotate, and ding its bell.

One of his early on-screen roles was as a turtle named Socrates in the direct-to-video film The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984), under the name W. H. Macy.

Although as a child I had turtles named Disraeli and Gladstone, I was never invited to sip Champagne with the queen until yesterday.

She is the only turtle named after a work of art, and not an artist.

A turtle named Maturin is one of the Guardians of the Dark Tower, which is the center of the Multiverse.

She had been living with a friend on the Upper West Side, sharing a studio apartment with a greyhound, a Labrador retriever mix and a turtle named Tillie.

"Stephanie Colburtle the Leatherback Turtle" came in second place, losing to a turtle named Billie.

"You know a turtle named Edger?"

However she loves animals, and currently has six dogs, four cats, three horses and a turtle named Kensington.