Turtle, a creature, has an extremely slow metabolism. You should know that the tortoise is slow in both movement and thinking, so it consumes less physical strength. In addition, the tortoise's thinking is relatively slow, and it won't think like many animals with high IQ, or it is out of control because of emotions, which leads to physical imbalance, so the tortoise's life has been in a stable state. Even if the daily consumption is low, turtles will hibernate in winter. Besides hibernation, some turtles fall asleep in summer. Especially in the wild, in the dry summer, many turtles will hide in caves to slow down their breathing and heartbeat in order to spend this time. Therefore, it is no wonder that the daily consumption of turtles and other creatures is much lower than that of other creatures, and their life span is long.
In addition, the turtle's own structure and body genes make it live longer. First of all, the turtle's back shell can better protect its internal organs and avoid excessive water loss in the sun. Second, the tortoise itself has much more cell division than other animals, and the number of cell divisions in the animal kingdom is directly proportional to its life span. Third, the tortoise's constitution did not find the existence of cancer, which means that the tortoise rarely died of sudden cancer. Last but not least, the tortoise itself is extremely immune. According to the investigation, the lymphocytes of the tortoise are particularly developed, which makes it resistant and not easy to get sick. Plus, as I said before, he doesn't have cancer cells in his body, so he really won't live long.
From this perspective, in fact, in addition to their own genes, lifestyle is also very important. It is no wonder that many people now say that it is neither too slow nor too anxious to approach the tortoise to live slowly, to avoid emotional ups and downs, and to view life as a Buddha.