http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/6572...-tortoise.html
By Ayiga Ondoga
NEBBI - In a bizarre incident in Nebbi district, a policeman says he was attacked by an aggressive tortoise at his home.
Charles Onegiu, who is attached to Ndew Police Post in Ndew sub-county, says he was in his...
Came across this and thought i would share :)
http://www.deserttortoise.org/symposium/index.html
• 38th Annual Meeting and Symposium, February 15-17, 2013: updated Jan. 9, 2013 •
The Program for the 38th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council is almost full...
What a lonesome, last-of-his-breed tortoise put in his will
Tabatha Southey
The Globe and Mail
Published Saturday, Jun. 30 2012
Last week, Lonesome George, the last surviving Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni, known as the Pinta Island Tortoise, died.
And, as these things will, a copy of...
My wonderful mother has decided i need a cardigan with a tortoise on it. :Tort: I agree. :P
This is a test piece she made. She says it very challenging pattern and she can knit in her sleep!
I'll post the final result in a few weeks (maybe less as she really is a machine!) and we...
I love seeing a million pics of everyones torts as much anyone but do we really need to start a new thread for every new photo? DO WE!!! lol Seriously, it gets to be like spam! lol
Why not start a thread with the name of your tort and keep updating it with new pics? Firstly there...
Help yourself and please add more!! :cool:
Please host them yourself at the host of your choice:
http://photobucket.com/
http://tinypic.com/
http://imageshack.us/
etc.
Userbars
350 pix x 19 pix (standard size)
Signature Templates (add yer own name...
http://www.ted.com/
If you haven't watched any of the TED Talks, then you should. :nods:
TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has...
Walter (the larger of my 2 hermann's) passed away in his sleep during the night. He hadn't been eating much and was very lethargic for about a week prior. Took him to the best vet i could find (called around and was recommended by other vets) He was given a thorough exam and "Cocktail...
Very Cool! Hope it catches on. :)
Connecticut Turtle Atlas Instructional Video
Help turtles as a citizen scientist by entering your turtle sightings at www.ctturtleatlas.com. It takes less than 3 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toGzGei78pc
... and they came home with me!
:D YAY!
Long day so didn't get to do a proper photo shoot before they fell asleep. More pix soon. :cool:
completely burrowed in after dinner
While online, working, driving, feeding the torts, whatever .....
I feel like i've had this on repeat for a few months lol LOVE IT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6p2r-M7Rjk
My family has had a pair of cacti that share the same shallow clay bowl for more than 20 years now. They seem very healthy though no one ever remembers them flowering. We water sparsely about once every 2 weeks or so. They have completely overrun the bowl since last year (after many years of...
So I am slowly gathering bits and pieces for my table and am torn on a substrate recipe. I'll go with some OMRI listed soil and some play sand. Our garden has only ever been fertilized with our own compost so getting the "live organic" earth is no prob. Same for worms and pill bugs. I...
This thread http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-When-to-stop-looking#axzz1KfFzO1gR got me thinking about pet tracking chips and whether or not any of the TFO members have had one surgically implanted in any of their torts?
For those that have no idea what i'm talking about...
Hello again. :)
I'm very new here but see time and again while browsing new and old threads, people asking for help and the same qualifying questions being asked.
May i suggest a subforum ("The Clinic" maybe lol) with a simple template users can copy'n'paste and fill out. Something along...