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This Little Tortoise Shows Us We’ve Been All Wrong About Their Portable Shell-ters
This young tortoise posted by through.the.lleaves is the cutest thing ever. Fig, a little leopard tortoise, enjoys a good ...
A beloved pet tortoise is reunited with its family weeks after disappearing in a Mississippi tornado
A beloved pet tortoise named Myrtle has been reunited with its family in Mississippi weeks after disappearing during a deadly ...
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Tortoise Reunited With Owners Weeks After Tornado
Myrtle, a pet tortoise, has been reunited with her family in Kokomo, Mississippi, weeks after she disappeared during a ...
Zoo mourns death of Othello, a giant tortoise that was ‘well over 100 years old’
The Saint Louis Zoo is mourning the death of one of its oldest residents – an Aldabra giant tortoise that was well over 100 years old.
Tortoise lost during Mississippi tornado found weeks later
After fleeing their home to escape a tornado, a Kokomo, Mississippi, family returned to find their beloved tortoise was ...
An Endangered Tortoise Just Became a First-Time Mom. She's 100 Years Old.
Even more remarkably, Mommy is the oldest first-time parent of her species, according to a press release from the zoo. Mommy ...
100-plus-year-old tortoise with ‘warm, engaging nature’ dies at Missouri zoo
Othello the Aldabra giant tortoise, who was well over 100 years old, died at the St. Louis Zoo on April 8. Screengrab from St ...
Othello, Saint Louis Zoo's more than 100-year-old giant tortoise, dies
The animal was a long-time ambassador for his species, bringing conservation awareness to millions, zoo staff said.
Endangered Galapagos tortoise becomes first-time mum at the age of 100
Philadelphia Zoo has confirmed the successful hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, ...
An Endangered Galápagos Tortoise Is a First-Time Mother at 100
Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since ...
97-year-old Galápagos tortoise becomes first-time mom
“Mommy arrived at the Zoo in 1932, meaning anyone that has visited the Zoo for the last 92 years has likely seen her,” said ...
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A beloved pet tortoise is reunited with its family weeks after disappearing in a Mississippi tornado
KOKOMO, Miss. (AP) — Myrtle, a cherished pet tortoise, has been reunited with its family in Mississippi weeks after disappearing during a deadly tornado outbreak in March. “He’s been through ...