Turtle

"Turtles are pretty hardy. I’m sure they’ll be fine." "And they make good soup."

- Elizabeth Weir and John Sheppard

Turtles are a breed of amphibious animals from Earth. In 2006, after the Lanteans reclaimed Atlantis, Dr. Carson Beckett believed he would stay on Earth indefinately and bought a few baby turtles, because he worked too long and fair for a dog, and is allergic to cats. However, during a plan to take back Atlantis from the Asurans, Beckett remembered that he left them behind, and feared that he had them killed.