IntenseCookie
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Hey everyone! I'm new here.. and in case you can't tell, I love tortoises. I'd imagine that's point blank obvious... but I figured that I may as well mention it. Just to be on the safe side.
A lot of people don't understand why I love tortoises... but the answer is quite simple; they're just plain amazing!
I bring my tortoise, Tucker, inside just about everyday and let him wander around the coffee table. I do this merely because I love the way he walks, the prehistoric, slow, curious and still cautious way he does. (I'm lying, Tucker isn't as cautious as I wish he was, he likes to try to burrow into my skin when he wants a nap. Killer. It really is. I don't think he knows or cares that I'm the hand that feeds him ;P)
Tortoises can't smile.. or at least not literally. I got Tucker in October of 2013. When he was done with his first hibernation, I rewarded him with a warm puddle to soak in. I know tortoises can't smile... but I swear he was. His eyes were closed while he lowered his head and drank the water. Dude... he was in TOTAL bliss. I swear, you will never know what it is to be that happy.
Okay... I feel like I'm running this thread too long.. so I'm going to wrap it up. The last thing I love about tortoises is that they live forever. I absolutely love dogs, they are mans best friend after all. Their only fault is that they can't live my lifetime. But a tortoise can. They're like ultra curious dogs. And they don't bark at the neighbors... so that's cool too.
A lot of people don't understand why I love tortoises... but the answer is quite simple; they're just plain amazing!
I bring my tortoise, Tucker, inside just about everyday and let him wander around the coffee table. I do this merely because I love the way he walks, the prehistoric, slow, curious and still cautious way he does. (I'm lying, Tucker isn't as cautious as I wish he was, he likes to try to burrow into my skin when he wants a nap. Killer. It really is. I don't think he knows or cares that I'm the hand that feeds him ;P)
Tortoises can't smile.. or at least not literally. I got Tucker in October of 2013. When he was done with his first hibernation, I rewarded him with a warm puddle to soak in. I know tortoises can't smile... but I swear he was. His eyes were closed while he lowered his head and drank the water. Dude... he was in TOTAL bliss. I swear, you will never know what it is to be that happy.
Okay... I feel like I'm running this thread too long.. so I'm going to wrap it up. The last thing I love about tortoises is that they live forever. I absolutely love dogs, they are mans best friend after all. Their only fault is that they can't live my lifetime. But a tortoise can. They're like ultra curious dogs. And they don't bark at the neighbors... so that's cool too.
That's what so great about this forum, we all know exactly why tortoises are loved so much. 
