Maybe this is redundant, but 60 Minutes tv news magazine will be airing a feature on the Critically Endangered Ploughshare tortoise this Sunday. Check local listings for time and channel in your area.
Cowboy_Ken said:This Sunday, December 9th on CBS 60 Minutes
The golden, helmet-shaped shell of the plowshare tortoise makes it one of nature's most beautiful animals. But that shell is also one of the main reasons the reptile has become one of nature's most endangered species: people are willing to pay up to $60,000 or more for one of the rare animals. Lesley Stahl travels to Madagascar to report on efforts to save these ancient reptiles by any means necessary, including defacing its stunning shell. Her report will be broadcast on 60 Minutes, Sunday, Dec. 9 at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT.
TortoiseBoy1999 said:Cowboy_Ken said:This Sunday, December 9th on CBS 60 Minutes
The golden, helmet-shaped shell of the plowshare tortoise makes it one of nature's most beautiful animals. But that shell is also one of the main reasons the reptile has become one of nature's most endangered species: people are willing to pay up to $60,000 or more for one of the rare animals. Lesley Stahl travels to Madagascar to report on efforts to save these ancient reptiles by any means necessary, including defacing its stunning shell. Her report will be broadcast on 60 Minutes, Sunday, Dec. 9 at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT.
My friends neighbor had one of these! It's was only a foot long and the guy said he got it from someone on a bike for $10.00! He had no idea what kind of tort he was!
bigred said:tortoiseboy are you sure it was a ploughshare
Baoh said:People say things.
TortoiseBoy1999 said:bigred said:tortoiseboy are you sure it was a ploughshare
YES!
Baoh said:People say things.
He COULD have been lie'ing...... But I don't think so :-/
Baoh said:It might prove difficult to be less correct.
TortoiseBoy1999 said:Baoh said:It might prove difficult to be less correct.
Me and my moms theory was that the guy on the bike STOLE the tortoise, not knowing how much it was worth, sold it for however much he thought he could make off it. Which would be $10.00 But seriously, if some person who knows NOTHING about tortoise's steals a relatively small one and thinks "I'll probably will only be able to make $10.00 off this thing." And who knows! Maybe he was selling it for more and people just said no! So in the end he only got $10.00 off it! Even still, the guy who own's it now had no idea what kind of tortoise he had and was calling it a "turtle" and fed it ONLY lettuce and keeps it in the garage I felt so bad for the little guy I wanted to adopt him! But I couldn't..... Maybe I should try to get him to sell it to me and rehome him on here....
Baoh said:People say things.