Marginated Tortoise by Acropolis

[MichaelL]

Thought I'd share this Marginated tortoise I found while I was in Greece. Saw another one from a distance, seems like they like the area around the Acropolis and Parthenon. Was super cool to see a wild Testudo, and I was taking notes on their habitat for inspiration for my Russian tortoises lol. It was wandering around looking for weeds/food, the whole area was pretty barren. Eventually it found some cantaloupe maybe a tourist had left. If it were my tortoise I would not have let it eat such a sweet fruit, but I am sure the wild ones could use the hydration.

 

[The Dashing Pistachio]

That is so cool seeing a wild testudo! I have only seen turtles in the wild

 

[MichaelL]

That is so cool seeing a wild testudo! I have only seen turtles in the wild

Yeah! The only wild tortoises I have seen are gopher tortoises

 

[RandyTortoise]

Thought I'd share this Marginated tortoise I found while I was in Greece. Saw another one from a distance, seems like they like the area around the Acropolis and Parthenon. Was super cool to see a wild Testudo, and I was taking notes on their habitat for inspiration for my Russian tortoises lol. It was wandering around looking for weeds/food, the whole area was pretty barren. Eventually it found some cantaloupe maybe a tourist had left. If it were my tortoise I would not have let it eat such a sweet fruit, but I am sure the wild ones could use the hydration.
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That is really cool! Thank you for sharing this!

 

[144 Grandpa Turtle]

True

 

[RandyTortoise]

True

I totally agree.
I have a passion for classic cars. I have two very cool classic cars. My wife once complained about the money I spent restoring one and I said, “it’s cheaper than a girlfriend”. “Would you rather I get one of those?” She told me to give it a try. She knows damn well no woman will look at me cross eyed at this point in my life.

 

[144 Grandpa Turtle]

Don't say that I went om FB and I had 5000 friends, and they were all female, so she made me drop Fb

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

Really this is my dream holiday