A very surprising outcome of a story

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wel sometimes tortoises don't make it. Epecially when they're in bad condition to begin with. So my mom called and said one of the new homes hingebacks had died. Bummer. But pretty typical with fresh imports unfortunately. About 3 weeks after this event. Wookie one of the long haired daschounds brought a tortoise to me while I was down there for the weekend. Low and behold it was that homes. Apparently it was not deceased. We place expired animals in a specific location where they can decay and use the shells as education and or check if any eggs have been inside to incubate. This animal was burried and emerged apparently. So this bad boy was living in south Texas for 3 weeks in the jungle. Ha. He's doing fine. Is incredibly shy and looks dead when checked on. So to say the least check three times before being certain. Appears to have been eating fallen fruits of the papaya, guava, and lots of moss. Interesting coloration of food on its beak(when you can see it sneak peaking at him). Funny thing about this animal. Is that it was also missed by both me, my mom and my brother when we were loading all the tortoises up in Dallas back in December. Was inside burried in the greenhouse for 3 weeks in winter weather and now this. She's a tank I tell yah.

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Amazing story! Another lesson to us all that in the case that we suspect a tort death we should wait before burying.
What a survivor!
 

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Wow Kelly. That is amazing. Your stuck with this one whether you want to be or not.
 

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Wow Kelly. That is amazing. Your stuck with this one whether you want to be or not.
Wel it's awesome. Because the rest out of her group perished. Homes do not fare well as imports by many. Friend of mine got an entire 28 and this was the last one to survive, and survive well it has in my care even with some serious mess ups on my behalf and my moms.
 

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Wow that's sad how many didn't make it. This one has to carry on to produce. Make up for all those lost. I can't think of anyone better to make this one work.
 

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very interesting story. I've always heard that hinge back tortoises have a high mortality. the imports that is
 

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wel sometimes tortoises don't make it. Epecially when they're in bad condition to begin with. So my mom called and said one of the new homes hingebacks had died. Bummer. But pretty typical with fresh imports unfortunately. About 3 weeks after this event. Wookie one of the long haired daschounds brought a tortoise to me while I was down there for the weekend. Low and behold it was that homes. Apparently it was not deceased. We place expired animals in a specific location where they can decay and use the shells as education and or check if any eggs have been inside to incubate. This animal was burried and emerged apparently. So this bad boy was living in south Texas for 3 weeks in the jungle. Ha. He's doing fine. Is incredibly shy and looks dead when checked on. So to say the least check three times before being certain. Appears to have been eating fallen fruits of the papaya, guava, and lots of moss. Interesting coloration of food on its beak(when you can see it sneak peaking at him). Funny thing about this animal. Is that it was also missed by both me, my mom and my brother when we were loading all the tortoises up in Dallas back in December. Was inside burried in the greenhouse for 3 weeks in winter weather and now this. She's a tank I tell yah.

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Cool story with a happy ending. Very nice looking homes too.
 
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