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Okay so its not my best shot ever but isn't he the most wonderful creature! I found him when I was on holidays! I almost missed him my dad was showing me a group of butterflys and just as I was about to shoot them I noticed this wonderful Tortoise! Hope you guys like him
Es Grau national park,Menorca,Spain
in my back yard. Here are many other photos of gopher tortoises -- mostly taken in my yard.
First time I've shot one with my Nikon D80 - used 18mm-200mm lens.
It's one month until my Big 6-0 birthday.
Tortoise brooch.
Bronze, gilded, iron, white metal and textiles.
Tortoise brooches were used to hold up a woollen overdress and to fasten strings of beads across the chest of the wearer.
Grave find, Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden.
SHM 34000:Bj 1081
Tortoise Table/Indoor enclosure. Pine plywood corner unit tortoise table. Three section piece, with the ramp and no rails.
Tortoise Table/Indoor enclosure. Pine plywood corner unit tortoise table. Three section table. Table with the rails installed.
Tortoise Table/Indoor enclosure. Pine plywood corner unit tortoise table. Three section table. Table with rails, water proofed flooring, rock background, floating shelves, enclosed lights (Zoo-M ed PowerSun 100watt), two sleeping zones, two story flooring and lids for cleaning accessibility. Bed-A-Beast w/organic topsoil mixture substrate, and viewing windows. Top corner view.
The victorious tortoise leaves the toppled tortoise in the dust! He's got something on his mind...and it isn't helping his opponent off the mat.
African spurred tortoise (Sporenschildpad/Centrochelys sulcata/Sulcata tortoise), seen in the Turtle shelter (Schildpaddencentrum), Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, 8 August 2015. This is a centre where people can bring turtles and tortoises that can no longer be cared for.
aka the "State Tortoise of Florida", chowing down.
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Fall Break 2015: "South Florida Immersion"
October 26th: Sanibel Island
'When we were little,' the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, `we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle--we used to call him Tortoise--'
`Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?' Alice asked.
`We called him Tortoise because he taught us,' said the Mock Turtle angrily: `really you are very dull!'
Texture by Skeletalmess