With yet another sequel released just last year, Sylvester Stallone‘s Rocky franchise is still going strong after more than four decades.

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Sadly for the title character, the same can’t be said for many of his companions from the original, Oscar-winning 1976 film.

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Along the way, Rock has seen his trainer, his rival-cum-sparring-partner, his wife and his best friend all pass on. Thank God, then, that he still has his turtles.

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In a recent Instagram post, Rocky Balboa actor/creator Sylvester Stallone revealed that Rocky’s turtles – Cuff and Link – are very much still alive.

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Referring to them as his “original buddies from the first Rocky”, Sly also informed his followers that the pair were now around 44-years-old.

In the first Rocky, Balboa introduced Talia Shire’s love interest, Adrian, to his “exotic animals” on their first date.

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While Adrian passed away somewhere between Rocky V and 2006’s Rocky Balboa, Cuff and Link have stuck around to a ripe old age.

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Stallone, 72, will next appear in Rambo V: Last Blood, which is currently set for release in September of this year.