For 50 years, Rockalina the turtle lived on a kitchen floor. Now she has a new friend
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The story of Rockalina the turtle — who was rescued after nearly a half-century of neglect — now has a new character.
Enter an Oreo-sized baby turtle, who will be Rockalina's new friend and who represents a turning point in her recovery.
"That was the very first time she came nose-to-nose, like right in the face of her own kind," said Chris Leone, who runs Garden State Tortoise, a turtle sanctuary based in New Jersey.
For nearly 50 years, Rockalina, an eastern box turtle, survived on a lin
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