The turtles ageing proces

[MikesPizzaShack]

ok well we all know that they age like normal humans but they are turtles aso, so what i wanna know is do u think they would continue to age only like humans or would they age like humans to a certain point and then some how go into a turtle ageing proces and they live to be over 100yrs old? makes ya thingk./ i remember an ep from the old series where the guys find older fatter vers of themselfs sitting at home watching tv stuffing their faces full of pizza(hence the fatness) and they were over 100yrs old or something like that.

[That Matt Guy]

Uh, don't only certain species of turtles live that long?

[Jester]

i'm not sure.....didn't the archie turtles out live splinter, april, and ninjera, and still look fairly good for their age???

Yup, the TMNT will live for a very long time, and age very slowly too.

In the TMNT RPG book "After the Bomb", it's supposed to be, like, almost two hundred years in the future, and the TMNT are still alive and kicking butt.

What you saw in the old series, MikesPizzaShack, was just a gag. Nothing from the old series should be taken seriously.

[TMNT-Leonardo]

I remember reading some of the character sheets and information (I had a TMNT RPG Game Sheild) it was like 200 years. And yeah, nothing in the old show should really be taken seriously, real turtles tend to look the same after a long time. I think sea turtles can like up to 100 years. Or it could of been a tortiuse, can't spell it the word, darn lol.

[Buslady]

Ok here's my 2c. Take in the factoids they they are typically "pet store turtles" which usually are painted or red ear sliders, these turtles have the life expectancy of 30-40 years, not 100 like many tortoises.

The TMNT will probably age like humans, maybe even live a little longer becuse of their turtle nature and human genes combined? Who knows?


My wood turtle's life expectancy is around 60-70....they will out live me! My baby red ears, hopefully the live the whole 40 years! Especially Raph! I love him..he's my bbbaaaby hehe

[Ninja Turtl3 : RaphaeL]

when i was a little kid i had 4 turtles all named after tmnt and they grew so huge that i could ride on their bakcs and i was like 8 and after so long we put them in the ocean i miss them i remember they use to bite eachothers arms of and stuff but they grew back they were so massive only 1 could fit in the bathtub at a time. they were so cool.

[Buslady]

Originally Posted by Ninja Turtl3 : RaphaeL

when i was a little kid i had 4 turtles all named after tmnt and they grew so huge that i could ride on their bakcs and i was like 8 and after so long we put them in the ocean i miss them i remember they use to bite eachothers arms of and stuff but they grew back they were so massive only 1 could fit in the bathtub at a time. they were so cool.

That just sounds a bit...hokey to me.

[Red Lioness]

Yes, most species of tortoise can keep going past 100 years. Some of the large Galapagos tortoises are the exact same ones that got harrassed by Charles Darwin when he visited the islands 100 years ago.

As for the TMNT, I like to think they'll be around for 200 years! My reason for thinking this is . . . . . well, wishful thinking, I guess. But they are fictional characters, so we can say they'll age however we want them to.

And I'd just like to point out that rats only live 2 1/2 to 3 years. So Splinter is *way* overdue for a massive heart attack or something. >

[Buslady]

Originally Posted by Red Lioness

And I'd just like to point out that rats only live 2 1/2 to 3 years. So Splinter is *way* overdue for a massive heart attack or something. >

Splinter did die of a heart attack last year, Mirage comics.
RIP old rat.

[jestergoblin]

Poor Splinter... I actually cried when I read that issue...

[Whitewolf89]

Speaking of that, I don't have that issue...YET, anyway.

As for myself, I think that they'd probably age fairly slowly and maybe live 100 years or so. Because humans sometimes reach that age, too, you know. I know that's pretty rare these days, but it happens. So I think that the guy will probably reach at LEAST 100 years. IMHO.

Slightly OT: In my fic, they're going to live a tad longer than that, and so will Wolf and kin, 'cause in MY l'il part of the TMNT/BMFM Universes, Martian Mice tend to live 100 years or longer. Wolf herself will eventually make it to around 200 before she dies, but that's just in my fic.

[PenguinCleese]

Well I always liked Archie's idea of how long the TMNT live. But on the Turtles Awesome Easter VHS, the second episode (Once Upon a Time Machine) features the TMNT going into the future and meeting their future selves. I can't remember how long, but April was still alive. Anyway, in those episodes, the Turtles were old and weak. Really I think it's up to whoever is writing. Take care!

Well, this reason is exactly why the TMNT will live well over 100 and into 200, mutant animals age slower than regular animals. Red Lioness is right. Rats only live a few years, but Splinter was already an old rat when he was mutated, and lived for many, many more years after wards.

[That Matt Guy]

200 years, unless they are destroyed.

[Jet-ski_Ninja]

Originally Posted by MikesPizzaShack

ok well we all know that they age like normal humans but they are turtles aso, so what i wanna know is do u think they would continue to age only like humans or would they age like humans to a certain point and then some how go into a turtle ageing proces and they live to be over 100yrs old? makes ya thingk./ i remember an ep from the old series where the guys find older fatter vers of themselfs sitting at home watching tv stuffing their faces full of pizza(hence the fatness) and they were over 100yrs old or something like that.

The episode was called Once Upon Time Machine. Don was praticly blind. Raph was very stupid of watching tv all time. Mike as very fat of eating 20 pizzas a day. Leo was a boring guy.
Shredder tries to destroy them with the turtles from the present, but his plan fails. Of course

[Orochi Chimera]

Being mutants they might have a longer lifespan than turtles or humans. Not sure how much longer though.

[Deathknight]

Do pet turtles like that live very long is the question you really have to wonder. They were the little turtles that live in a glass bowel with water so the real question is how long do they live IMO. BTW good job on another interesting topic to discuss, it's been awhile since there's been a good one.

[Buslady]

Originally Posted by Deathknight

Do pet turtles like that live very long is the question you really have to wonder. They were the little turtles that live in a glass bowel with water so the real question is how long do they live IMO. BTW good job on another interesting topic to discuss, it's been awhile since there's been a good one.

I've already answered that. 30-40 years does a common pet store turtle, usually a red ear slider, lives. They get BIG too. They're not small turtles.
Baby turtles is a glass jar would have the life expectancy of less than a week. That is what turtle keepers call a death bowl.

[heretic888]

In the TMNT RPG book "After the Bomb", it's supposed to be, like, almost two hundred years in the future, and the TMNT are still alive and kicking butt.

Shhhhhhhh..... "Gang of Four", now. "Gang of Four".