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Hey everyone, perhaps there is already an answer to this question on the forum but I can't seem to find it. The picture of "Yourlocalpoet's" tortoise who was stuck in the corner of the wall and couldn't back out made me think about this a bit more and I've noticed it with Nova as well. Nova never walks backwards. Even if she is stuck somewhere she won't back up at all. I was wondering if this is similar with all torts and why they don't? It would seem that if she just backed up once in awhile she would get out of those tricky spots a lot easier. Maybe they don't walk backwards as an instinctive trait perhaps to stop them from backing right off a cliff or something? Or do they learn when they get older to back up?