People sometimes ask me why I have such a weird pet (a tortoise). I like to tell them that I love the idea of having an actual dinosaur in my home.
Dinosaur in the house
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p.s. This one isn't actually my tortoise, (mine is a Jordanian Greek) I just loved the picture and wanted to share.
alex_ornelas
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I like how the cat is just like WHAT?!
kball
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Every one tells me I'm weird for wanting tortoises for pets. I just tell them there nuts for not. That pic is so cute. Lol
If they only knew what they were missing out on, they would change their tune. Their loss, not ours
Lol, the tort looks like "YEAHHHHH that ME!!!!!" Like a boss!
Very cute!
Joey
Very cute!
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Nice photo. I've seen these "tortoise cozies" before, there are lots of different variations. Shark fins, flowers, even a Christmas tree.
I don't want to be a party pooper, but I'd like to point out that they aren't any good for your tortoises. First, the cozies destroy their camouflage and might impede their movement. Second, tortoises are ectotherms (cold-blooded)... clothes and fur trap a layer of air around an animal. Air is a bad conductor of heat and this therefore insulates the animal's body from the environment. That's great if the animal in question produces its own body heat. But tortoises don't, thus clothing actually makes it harder for them to warm up!
I don't want to be a party pooper, but I'd like to point out that they aren't any good for your tortoises. First, the cozies destroy their camouflage and might impede their movement. Second, tortoises are ectotherms (cold-blooded)... clothes and fur trap a layer of air around an animal. Air is a bad conductor of heat and this therefore insulates the animal's body from the environment. That's great if the animal in question produces its own body heat. But tortoises don't, thus clothing actually makes it harder for them to warm up!
Because they are SO AWSOME!
And you're right of course, but for a funny picture moment of a few minutes it's a hoot
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I can just sit and watch them move about, and feel priveledged that they are letting me!
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I agree! We have 2 baby Greeks, 4 red eared sliders, 2 diamond back terrapins and a common snapper. And especially with the snapper, it's all about that Dino love
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My friends usually don't get it. But when I start explaining all different things about tortoises and how they live, adapt to things etc, they are a little more interested. It annoys me how people refer to them as turtles and think they swim, and then there's me trying to explain a turtle and tortoise are different things! Very different! Arghh!
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Well, tortoises are turtles (scientifically), and they can also swim, albeit not as well as their aquatic cousins. So, they aren't that different.
(Yes, I'm aware of the differences between tortoises and [aquatic] turtles, but there are regional differences and the English language is pretty unique in its distinction there. Many languages have just one word for all shelled reptiles and add land/water/sea if there's a need to be more precise.)
