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Old 08-24-2020, 04:28 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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A 150-pound tortoise that escaped from a Tennessee home has been returned after 74 days, managing to make it about a mile during his slow and steady journey, per the AP. The African sulcata tortoise named Solomon crawled away from his Ashland City enclosure more than two months ago, his owner, Lynn Cole, told WKRN-TV on Friday. Cole says a man and his son spotted Solomon grazing in a valley at a construction site and returned him within minutes.

https://www.newser.com/story/295336/...ry-slowly.html
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Old 08-27-2020, 01:32 PM
 
Location: West coast
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Interesting.
I have one of those.
We let “Dora” roam free in our big yard during the warm season and have a heated hut for her during the winter.
She comes up and will nudge you when she thinks she needs more food or water.
I put my phone number on her she’ll near her tail.
She is just a friendly old girl and never has growled or even thought of biting anybody.
She a solid big girl maybe 130lbs.
We got her when she was smaller than a tennis ball.
Really Friendly and has been a great pet.
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Old 08-27-2020, 03:50 PM
 
Location: West coast
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This is me and Dora about 4 years ago.
I don’t feel comfortable about posting my face on the internet.
I would kinda like to know how to add a mickymouse face or something like that instead of a paint brush scribble to hide my mug.
Any ideas?

So this is us and she was a lot smaller at that time.
I have not weighed her since she outgrew our scale.
She is quite a bit bigger but I don’t Think she is 150lbs.

All the best.
Andy.
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Old 09-12-2020, 11:24 AM
 
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A 150-pound tortoise that escaped from a Tennessee home has been returned after 74 days, managing to make it about a mile during his slow and steady journey, per the AP. The African sulcata tortoise named Solomon crawled away from his Ashland City enclosure more than two months ago, his owner, Lynn Cole, told WKRN-TV on Friday. Cole says a man and his son spotted Solomon grazing in a valley at a construction site and returned him within minutes.

https://www.newser.com/story/295336/...ry-slowly.html
I am so glad the Big Guy was found by ethical people and returned to his owner

Now there is a Tiger allegedly on the lam, and nobody knows where it came from.

If that’s true, it was probably being kept illegally by someone and got loose, since nobody is claiming to own it.
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Old 11-06-2020, 05:02 PM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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This is me and Dora about 4 years ago.
I don’t feel comfortable about posting my face on the internet.
I would kinda like to know how to add a mickymouse face or something like that instead of a paint brush scribble to hide my mug.
Any ideas?

So this is us and she was a lot smaller at that time.
I have not weighed her since she outgrew our scale.
She is quite a bit bigger but I don’t Think she is 150lbs.

All the best.
Andy.



That's so cool. I think it'd be neat to have a pet tortoise but I think the upkeep cost would be a bit much, for me anyway.


Any recent photos of Dora?
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