#Tortoise

[kii-tty]

[indoraptorgirlwind]

[dailyunsolvedmysteries]

Two-headed tortoise Janus turns 25!

Janus, who also has two hearts, two pairs of lungs and two distinct personalities, would not have survived long in the wild as he cannot retract his heads into his shell to seek shelter from predators. But at the Geneva Natural History Museum, where he hatched in 1997, Bourgoin and her team of carers - who believe he is the world's oldest bicephalic tortoise - can cater for his every need!

He is under constant surveillance in case he flips over, which could be fatal, and survived a bladder stone operation in 2020. His heads need periodic treatment with vaseline to stop them getting sore when they rub together.

His two personalities also generate different moods and tastes that can occasionally lead to conflict, for example over which direction to walk. "The right head is more curious, more awake, it has a much stronger personality. The left head is more passive and loves to eat," Bourgoin said, adding that one head was partial to endives and the other to carrots.

[justcatposts]

"I'm just gonna squeeze in here".

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[liamakhmarh]

Before dinner

After dinner 🫠

[herpsandbirds]

Common Padloper aka Parrot-beaked Tortoise (Homopus areolatus), family Testudinidae, found in southern coastal regions of South Africa

photograph by M. Burger

[feluka]

when you were herbivore

couldn't look you in the eye

you're just like an angel

your shell makes me cry

you float like a leaf

in a beautiful pond

i wish i was aquatic

you're so fucking aquatic

but i'm a creep

i'm terrestrial

what the hell am i doing at sea

i don't belong here

[everythingfox]

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[knuppitalism-with-ue]

Another Saturday another formation stream!

This time we visited the subfossil wonders of Madagascar!

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Servion, Switzerland

The first ever recorded albino Galápagos tortoise makes its public debut at a Swiss zoo following its hatching last month

Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Images

[hi-sierra]

The great clover massacre of April 2024

[thewhimsyturtle]

Mom is going on a trip!  I tried to stow away in her suitcase, but Mom says I would never make it past airport security!?  How could anyone deny entry to my cute face?!

[grickle14]

Photo album.

[breathofthemuse]

My sweet little babe! He’s still so tiny but he’s gotten a lot bigger in the almost year I’ve had him. Toes wishes all of you a peaceful Sunday 🧘🏼‍♀️