The 100-year-old female turtle left home for more than 10km to find a partner

The female turtle was found more than 10km away from the house while hugging a male tortoise-like object.

Touche turtle is a 100-year-old female turtle.(Photo: Craigslist).

According to Mirror, the turtle named Touche lives in Nancy Knauss's home in Fresno, California, USA, for the past 55 years. Touche suddenly left home on August 9. The 100-year-old turtle is nearsighted, so Mrs. Knauss, 60, is very worried about it now.

Knauss posted many websites and dropped leaflets in the residents' mailboxes to help them find Touche.

After reading the information of Mrs. Knauss's turtle on social media, a man named Steven George in Ashland, California, found Touche when he climbed up the dome-shaped cap in the neighborhood garden.

Most likely, Touche thinks this water pipe is a male turtle hiding under the shell. Thus, Touche turtles have gone over 10km journey in just 10 days to find "mates".