You couldn't make this shit up!
Er. Actually they probably did make this shit up.
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A tortoise that "did a runner" after 55 years with the same partner has been found safe and well.
Daisy was discovered after 12 days away and had made it almost a mile from her Devon home, reports the Sun.
The pet went missing after owner Jonathan Bradley let her and fellow tortoise Bert out to chew on some clover.
Daisy was found in the back garden of a farm in Combe Martin, Devon. To get there, she had scaled a steep hill and crossed a road and tractor trails.
It was the first time the tortoise had been away from pal Bert since the early 1950s.
Jonathan, 55, who cares for the pair with wife Anne, 50, and daughter Albany, nine, said: "The lady who found her had seen the stories about her disappearance and called us straightaway.
"Now she's back Bert hasn't left her alone all day. And she clearly has a good memory, as she knew where she was back in the enclosure."
[ripped from ananova]