The Sulcata I showed died. He was my first tortoise, my sister asked if I could care for him for 2 weeks...and thru the next 17 years Bob and I had a bond and friendship that rivaled any love I've had for a pet (and I'm old). I wrote stories about him and posted them here on the Forum. Forum members loved my stories and pretty soon people were saying hey maggie when's the next Bob stories? I believe he was popular here and I know he was seriously in Corvallis...he had invitations to have 'Bob and Santa' pictures for years at Petco...he was invited to OSU's Vet school events to walk around the campus and show off. I took him downtown and to parks...He was well loved by a lot of people. He was on the local the TV. He was in the newspaper 5 times. He was a personality, he played to the camera. I miss him a lot. I have 2 Sulcata now and tho I take good care of them and even try to play with them...but so far...no good. I think Bob was some kind of a throwback.As a child I knew I wanted a turtle but my mother wouldn't let me. She actually was right because I didn't want one that had to be in water. Around 50 years later I had the unique opportunity to help a pretty good size wild tortoise. I was hand feeding her and she almost accidentally bit me. She pulled her head back so she wouldn't. That's when I knew that it was a tortoise that I had wanted all along. Imagine my mother's surprise when she visited and I finally had my little friend Saphire.