San Diego Zoo, October 2013

I visited the Reptile House. This guy was lounging outside. I'd say he was about 5-6 feet long and 3 feet wide. Tortoises can live to be more than a hundred years.

An adorable little tortoise taking a walk.

My pet Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni).

Isolde bought this tortoise for R 100.00 from somebody next to the road. When we left it in the garden she started burrowing immediately and laid 7 eggs 3 hours later

Tommy tortoise belongs to my parents. He's only a youngster as tortoises go but grumpy nonetheless!

Visiting a friend today who has a very lively tortoise, Herbie. Should have used a wider aperture but never mind.

Photo 20/30 for the April Picture a day group.

Tortoise designed by Nguyen Hung Cuong.

We were surprised when he raised up to shift in the puddle. There was much more tortoise and much less mud than we thought.

Minutes after seeing our first tortoise crossing sign, we came upon this slowpoke in the road.

A giant tortoise in the slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

A giant tortoise seen in the Santa Cruz Highlands.

There are several subspecies of the giant tortoise in the Galapagos, with variations across the different islands (more or less). They are big, majestic creatures, and move at surprising speed!

Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)

A Gopher Tortoise rests at the entrance to its burrow. In Florida, the Gopher Tortoise is listed as a threatened species. They are also a keystone species as more than 100 other species rely on them or their burrows for survival. In the dry scrub habitat they are one of the few animals that can dig, and their burrows can extend up to 50 ft. underground. Many other animals in the scrub use these burrows to escape the heat, as nesting sites, or to take shelter from wildfires. Photographed with a Canon EOS 60D and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM Lens at the FAU Tortuga Trail, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

Day 117

Greater Vancouver Zoo

Mating or just too slow to get down?

Not sure .. saw the one on the top moving slowly above the other but clicked it just at the time it was about to get down. :)

Tortoise at Palmitos Park in Gran Canaria

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In front garden of a house in Medjugorje

At a Pennsylvania wildlife farm.

African Spurred Tortoise. Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire, England

...choom!

Darwin Research Center, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Indy Zoo summer 2012

I seem to be having problems with my software though... this looks much brighter on my home computer than it does at the office...

What do people think? Is the tortoise too dark?

if anyone knows what type of tortoise this is tell me please.

Endangered species day at the Gardens. Fionn chasing the tortoise. (The final picture has the shoes removed, but this has been up here too long to remove and replace.)

Just couldn't Stay Away