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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Animals Somebody Throw This Tortoise a Parade

Posted by on Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:24 PM

Poor little guy: A family lost their pet tortoise and then found him, alive, in a locked storeroom 30 years later. The Telegraph has the full story.

 

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If the tortoise is going to march in that parade, it's going to be another 30 years.
Posted by Adam Hunault on January 30, 2013 at 1:04 PM
Matt the Engineer 2
Perhaps someday we can use tortoise technology to populate other planets. The ability to go years without eating, and having a lifespan or around a century, are excellent traits for interstellar travel.
Posted by Matt the Engineer on January 30, 2013 at 2:26 PM
Max Solomon 3
i am glad i am not that tortoise.
Posted by Max Solomon on January 30, 2013 at 3:00 PM
emma's bee 4
Oy veh. That little guy is a survivor.
Posted by emma's bee on January 30, 2013 at 4:35 PM
5
The tortoise is a girl.
Posted by andie on January 30, 2013 at 8:08 PM

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