Giant tortoises living outside in Scotland??

[SinLA]

Has anyone seen this? I’m trying to figure out if it is real or a joke:

Travel Scotland Goals Group | Under a new Government Green Scheme, Ayrshire farmers have diversified into breeding huge tortoises to replace all electric and petrol fuelled lawnmow... | Facebook

Under a new Government Green Scheme, Ayrshire farmers have diversified into breeding huge tortoises to replace all electric and petrol fuelled lawnmowers. These have the added benefits of fertilising...

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[wellington]

I haven't. @jaizei is good at detective work, maybe he can figure out if true or not

 

[Tom]

Was this published on April first?

Its a joke. No giant species would do well outdoors in that climate.

 

[SinLA]

Was this published on April first?

Its a joke. No giant species would do well outdoors in that climate.

Not April fools day, but could be a joke site. At least I hope so…

 

[jaizei]

That group is for parody so presumably its a joke.

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

Yeah, they do parody posts. Here is one case I remember: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/london-eye-moving-to-scotland/