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.

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.

This little fella hailed a tortoise taxi, but he didn’t realize the Tortoise Taxi Drivers Association was on strike that day. Poor little goat. Now he’ll never get home.

Following in the footsteps of giants.

A bowl of baby turtles… or is it a bowl of baby ninja turtles? Only time will tell.

I have a theory. The size of the turtle is inversely proportional to the amount of cuteness it contains.

It’s already been well established that turtles love strawberries. So if they’re too full to eat them, they’ll take them home to save for later as a snack.

Interacting with the cat had really become unpleasant for the tortoise. However silly looking it seemed, the added stool precaution was necessary.