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" It&amp;#039;s never too much of a shock when you find a long lost trinket when giving your home a deep clean, but finding an actual living, breathing creature? That&amp;#039;s another story. And one that the Almeida family recently learned when they found the tortoise they lost over 30 years ago while cleaning out an old storage room, according to treehugger.com.  Getty Images The family&amp;#039;s red-footed tortoise, Manuela, disappeared in 1982, while renovations were underway on the family home, and although they were heartbroken, they had accepted the fact that they would never see their beloved pet again. But when the family&amp;#039;s father passed away, and the children started clearing out his old belongings, the family made a shocking discovery. Manuela was alive and had been living amongst their father&amp;#039;s mounds of belongings in the over-stuffed storage room. The family was overjoyed to be reunited with their long lost pet, who they believe survived by eating termites she found in the storage room, and are excited to give Manuela a chance to live outside of the hoards of belongings in the old storage room. PLUS! Don&amp;#039;t Miss:10 Bright Kitchen Finds That Cost Less Than Dinner For TwoBefore &amp;amp;amp; After: From No Purpose to Multipurpose6 Things You Should Never Ever Store In The Garage "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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