Whenever I see the Katy-Mills Mall, I think that it is probably the only mall in the world infamous enough to have made an entire subspecies (the Katy Prairie Chicken) extinct, just like this dude.
Clever on many levels! (1) that's a common statement used much too carelessly by others (2) we're talking about a tortoise, not a person (3) it has no family - it was the last of its kind reps to you!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(tree) At least the turtle died by natural causes -- imagine killing the world's oldest tree. Timely name as well -- I bet there is some tie in to the movie.