I figured you guys would start to think that I made it all up, lol.
But no, they FINALLY arrived Thursday, 13 months after I originally started trying to get my sticky little fingers on them!
To anyone that has never owned these tortoises, they are almost indescribable. They are called the Asian "brown" Mountain tortoise, but at this stage of the game (they were hatched September 27th) they are emerald green, a deep deep green, just beautiful. Their "baby scutes" and plastrons are covered in a fine marbled pattern.
I have never had a young tortoise be so confident so fast. They look at you very solemnly, you can see them sizing you up. Just a very, very cool tortoise.
Am I forgetting something???
Oh, yeah! PICTURES!!!
Here are some close ups that show the marbling that I was talking about.
The spurs that give them the nick-name, "The six legged tortoise."
This one wasn't entirely approving of the photo shoot, lol.
Speaking of close ups, I got some AMAZING pictures. I was stretched out on the grass with the camera lens no more than an inch away when I took these. Blew my mind.
Let me know what you all think!!!
But no, they FINALLY arrived Thursday, 13 months after I originally started trying to get my sticky little fingers on them!
To anyone that has never owned these tortoises, they are almost indescribable. They are called the Asian "brown" Mountain tortoise, but at this stage of the game (they were hatched September 27th) they are emerald green, a deep deep green, just beautiful. Their "baby scutes" and plastrons are covered in a fine marbled pattern.
I have never had a young tortoise be so confident so fast. They look at you very solemnly, you can see them sizing you up. Just a very, very cool tortoise.
Am I forgetting something???
Oh, yeah! PICTURES!!!
Here are some close ups that show the marbling that I was talking about.
The spurs that give them the nick-name, "The six legged tortoise."
This one wasn't entirely approving of the photo shoot, lol.
Speaking of close ups, I got some AMAZING pictures. I was stretched out on the grass with the camera lens no more than an inch away when I took these. Blew my mind.
Let me know what you all think!!!