008 Wartortle – The Turtle Pokémon
Wartortle are a long lived species. Their long, furred tails, as well as, to a lesser but more well-known extent, their shells, show just how old a Wartortle is. The shell age divination-by-amount-of-moss-on–the-shell method is erratic at best, as moss grown over the years can be stripped from the shell in a minute's brush against the barnacled hull of a great ship. The tail of Wartortle shows the Pokémon's age, if one knows how to read it, down to the day.
Wartortle move through bodies of water at speeds 25% higher than that of Squirtle. It is because of this that they developed furred ears as well. The ears help them keep their equilibrium, aid in their spatial awareness, and allow them to hear, in a manner related to echolocation or sonar, underwater.
Other tales are told of their tails. However, unlike Slowpoke, these Pokémon are too fierce for even the least incompetent of Team Rocket to get away with cutting a Wartortle tail off.
