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# This Elderly Tortoise Is Having the Best Halloween Ever

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## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video

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_Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_


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## Melissa Locker


Oct 29, 2015 8:32 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Oct 29, 2015 8:32 PM UTC

The [San Diego Zoo](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC5NfQ6Mf0dq%5FeEwv4P%5FhWA) threw a Halloween shindig for the Galapagos tortoises that make their home at the zoo and it was a pumpkin-eating bonanza. The tortoises are the oldest residents of the zoo, with the group’s elder stateswoman, Grandma, clocking in at approximately 130 years old. That didn’t stop the tortoises from chowing down on the autumnal treats and showing the young’uns how it’s done.

Pumpkin-eating parties aren’t the only way that the San Diego Zoo supports the health of tortoises. The zoo partners with the Charles Darwin Research Station on the Galápagos Islands to help with breeding and keeps tortoise hatchlings safe and healthy until they are old enough to survive on their own, [according to the Zoo’s video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8kPVued82g).


## Transcript

[ NOISE ] What makes a video go viral? Here's our guess. Mishka, I love you. [ NOISE ] Number one, cute animals. [ LAUGH ] Charlie, Charlie bit me. [ MUSIC ] [ FOREIGN ] [ MUSIC ] [ UNKNOWN ], we're going to Disneyland. Oh, my god. Number two, cute kids. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] Number 3, remixes. [ MUSIC ] Whoa, oh my God, oh my God. [ LAUGH ] Oh my God. Whoo. Number four, spontaneity. Look at all those Number five. Cute kids and cute animals. Put this all together and it will certainly end up on your Facebook feed. [ MUSIC ]

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