When I was in primary school, I and my friends use to envy the King's tortoise that had its own car, house, servants, eats whatever it likes and enjoys life to the fullest (LOL). I could remember one of my friends saying the king must do whatever the tortoise commands. The most gullible thought and fantasy we had about Alagba, king Soun's tortoise was that it could talk (we naive were so naive).

Mr Ajamu Oluwatoyin, the secretary to Oba (DR) Oladunni Oyewunmi, Soun of Ogbomosoland, hosted me in his office, told me all about Alagba and answered all the questions I asked about the world oldest animal... (click below to read full, pictures included)

https://www.mywovenwords.com/2018/01/all-about-alagba-king-souns-343-years.html