Excitement for tortoise lovers
Just when I thought that nothing exciting ever happens in our neighbourhood, I saw an interesting sign outside our local community centre: “British Association of Tortoise Keepers Open Day”. Woo-hoo! Pretty soon, hordes of happy tortoise owners were turning up with cardboard boxesâwith holes cut in them, of courseâcontaining their treasured pets. One particularly large tortoise was given a run around on the playing field, which it evidently found utterly thrilling. Some people might consider tortoises rather unexciting pets, but I think that they are fantastically mellow little creatures. Don’t even think about keeping one unless you know what you’re doing though: they take quite a bit of skill to look after properly, andâif you do keep it properlyâwill probably live longer than you will.
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My parents have a tortoise, and she's running around like a maniac at the moment, thanks to the warm weather. I agree, they are not all they seem at first glance.
by Howie @ 08/06/2003 8:07 pm • Permalink •
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