I love turtles!
I used to get those little green turtles from the dime store until they stopped selling them because they carried salmonella.
My childhood best friend's cousin found a big turtle (about 8 inches long shell) that had been painted with the slogan of the Navy at the time, "FLY NAVY", very cool paint job on his shell. That became his name and he went everywhere the cousin's family was, at home or the lake house. Very cool, he just walked around the house. Every once in a while, someone would say, "Where's Fly Navy?" and someone would locate him. It's not like he would run out of an open door!
Where I live there are box turtles everywhere, especially when it rains. They come out and walk across the road, so when I see one, I stop the car and get out to get it off the road. I either toss it into the woods, or take it in to the kids class to show every one. Then it's off to the small lake near our house to release into the wild again.
This doesn't help your question, but thanks for helping me relive a very pleasant memory. Fly Navy was the coolest pet I've ever seen.
I'm really weird..