Leo DiCaprio buys a tortoise!

http://www.tmz.com/2010/09/14/leonar...-tortoise-pet/

Turns out he was at NARBC with the intention of buying!

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Originally Posted by TMZ

Sources close to the actor tell TMZ, Leo picked up the 10-year-old Sulcata tortoise at the North American Reptile Breeders Conference and Trade Show in Anaheim, CA over the weekend -- which he attended with fellow "Inception" star Lukas Haas -- and get this ... the animal can live to be 80 years old!

According to sources, Leo called a California pet store that specializes in rare reptiles and requested the tortoise one day before he picked it up. We're told the tortoise ran Leo a cool $400.

We're told Leo asked for the biggest tortoise they had -- a 38-pounder -- but according to experts, Sulcatas can grow to weigh 200 pounds.

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Yup totally saw him.

Why do people go stupid when they see famous people out in the general public? I think its cool they like reptiles also but they dont deserve being hounded by people.Hey maybe they are helping us keep our reptiles so LEAVE THEM ALONE :taz:

looks kinda like prehistoric pets lol.

i don't think it's a huge deal either.. people are making it seem like the tortoise is ridiculously expensive haha but i've spent more on a ball python XD

I love how they make it sound like a big deal that he spent 400 bucks on a tort. Hes loaded. Hes probably still sitting on money from titantic plus inception and shutter island.

I'm also laughing at those gasps of horror from the commenters... $400! OHWOWTHATISSOMUCH....

That's crazy cool though! wish I could've been there!

I shook his hand he was real cool.

Brock

I think it's a great thing for celebs to get into herps! I know torts don't exactly have a bad rep with the public, but it's nice for people to see that reptiles aren't strange pets.

everybody hide this from tiffany! she's crazy about him :rofl:

They easily live longer than 80 years, most tortoised can top 100 no problem...