A giant tortoise on skates

Today my wife and I celebrated two years of marriage, which meant heading to the Philadelphia zoo in the morning, tubing on the Delaware River in the afternoon, and a nice dinner when we got home. I've got plenty of new shots to share, but I'll start things off with one of the most unique ones, a Galapagos tortoise on skates;

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It seems that this individual has trouble walking so the zoo staff rigged it up with some wheels. It got around just as well as any of the other tortoises in the enclosure, although I had never seen such a technique used to help a tortoise before.

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From the Wildlife Conservation Society:
It must be Friday. I found myself perusing YouTube videos and I came across these showing pet tortoises that have figured out how to solve some interesting problems such as: Using the doggie door to enter a house...

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Happy anniversary!

By themadlolscien… (not verified) on 16 Jul 2008 #permalink

Happy anniversary, Brian.

By Stevo Darkly (not verified) on 16 Jul 2008 #permalink