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Kevin the Tortoise VS the Tomato

December 30th, 2011 No comments

It would appear Kevin here had a few too many drinks this Christmas…

Kevin, our baby sulcata tortoise, has terrible depth perception. Sorry for the shaking; I was laughing. I’m a bad mom.

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African Spurred Tortoise Babies

December 5th, 2011 No comments

Now all we need is some mutagenic radioactive waste, Jackie Chan in a beat up Chuck E. Cheese outfit, a bunch of pizzas from Pizza Hut, and then we’ll have ourselves some real Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

These are a few of some 45 hatchlings from the Linton Zoological Gardens in the UK. They are African Spurred Giant Tortoises, also knowns as Sulcata Tortoises — the third largest tortoise in the world, second only to the Galapagos and the Aldabra Tortoises. Some babies hatched in August, but most did in September, making them about 8 weeks old when the picture was taken. All are eating well and growing.

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