Two hundred million years ago, these self-contained creatures shared Earth with the dinosaurs. Today, long after the demise of its prehistoric contemporaries, turtles and tortoises live on, withstanding both habitat destruction and the appetites of human and animal predators. Physically unchanged through the ages, these reptiles are adapted to land and sea and range from the tiny Asian leaf turtle to the Galapagos tortoise, which can weigh over 500 lbs. Celebrate the wonder of one of nature"s most stalwart and longest surviving species in Turtles 2004.