Thanks! Unfortunately the tortoise had moved on by the time my wife brought my daughter outside. She would have loved to have seen it. Soon enough we will have our own though.
Beautiful tortoises, but how exactly do you plan to have your own? Unless you owned one in the 70's, they are illegal to even touch, much less own. Unless your applying for research, of course, there is no way to ever own one as a pet.
Hi Pete. I meant a tortoise in general, not specifically a gopher tortoise.
I never understand your English names :-D could you please say the specific name?
Except it really doesn't look like a gopherus to me. Might just be the picture, though.
I could be wrong, but I believe it is Gopherus Polyphemus