Nope never heard of it. I'll google! Mum named her due to her damaged shell. When she lived with my grandparents they found another tortoise wandering around the village and named her egg. Egg ended up being a boy.. we always thought chips was a boy but our vet friend let us know she's a girl...
In 1976 my Mum spotted a growntortoise in the pet shop with a broken shell. So she went in and bought her. Her name is Chips. She's a greek thigh spurred tortoise. Over the past 42 years she's lived with my parents my grandparents or me depending on where we were. We hibernate her the way we...