@desantis @alice @hype Footnote: I don't think anybody actually knows how old blue-tongues can get. Care guides used to say 10-15 years, now they say 20-30, and I've personally met a 34-year-old blue-tongue (this was a few years ago, and I have no idea if she's still alive.)

But we've since learned that in the wild, the closely related shingleback skinks live for a lot longer than anyone thought. Some were tagged for a 1982 study to track their migration habits, and some of those *still pop up today*. All the ones that got tagged back then were adults, so they're probably well into their 50s at this point.