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Hello everyone my name is Luther Im a New Englander. Im still relatively new to keeping tortoise when i got my first one about 4 years ago. I work as a manager at a reptile zoo/rescue called prehistorix where i work with an amazing verity of animals i take care of roughly 375 animals on a daily bases with over 80 species.I have three tortoises myself including two indian star tortoises and one cherry head red foot. I have experience working with eastern long necked turtles, sulcatas, russians, side neck turtles, alligator snapping turtles, common snapping turtles, red eared sliders, a variety of common pond turtles, but my favorite is the nile soft shell turtle that is at the zoo. 11924205_10153594420183478_2642720225185786649_n.jpg 11918932_10153615349858478_4987915443116806235_n.jpg IMG_4132.JPG IMG_4566.PNG
 

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salutations,1 of my favorite turtles is the soft shell as well.
 

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Welcome.
What a great job ! The Stars are quite beautiful. One of my favorite tortoises. You should post some pictures of them & your Redfoot.
 

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Nice to met you. What do you like most about your job? Which animal?
 

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Nice to met you. What do you like most about your job? Which animal?

By that I mean the Nile soft shell is the favorite shelled one, but us it also the favorite of all that you work with?
 

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Welcome to the Forum, Luther!
 

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Welcome to the forum and what a cool job you have.

Welcome.
 

lweigle

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By that I mean the Nile soft shell is the favorite shelled one, but us it also the favorite of all that you work with?
my Favorite to work with at the zoo has to be the alligators or the nile crocodile. 11817117_10153552318048478_4848299521581957851_n.jpg
 

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I've worked with a couple of Nile Crocs. No thank you. I'll stick to 12' gators instead!!! Those Nile crocs are CRAY CRAY CRAYYYYYYYY-Z!
 

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I've worked with a couple of Nile Crocs. No thank you. I'll stick to 12' gators instead!!! Those Nile crocs are CRAY CRAY CRAYYYYYYYY-Z!
i know exactly what you mean Gustav our nile croc is only about 4'8" but he is still the most dangerous animal we have and the most aggressive. just feel lucky that i get to work with them. Another favorite is our blue Cayman island iguana hybridIMG_3497 (2).JPG
 

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Welcome ! Cool job! My favorite animal is the alligator .
 

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Marvelous job with some marvelous animals.
Hello, Luther and a very warm welcome to Tortoise Forum.
 
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