Aldabra Tortoise
Saint Louis Zoo
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Aldabra Tortoise
Saint Louis Zoo
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Cooling off
Volunteers pour water over a tortoise rescued from a burned forest area in Buca, İzmir, #Turkey. Almost 100 volunteers gathered to search for surviving animals, treat injuries and relocate them to safe habitats after recent #wildfires
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
"Whileaway"
Teableau for 07/09/25
Oh Turtle, turtle...
Seen in profile,
Little dry smile,
Such ancient wisdom
Took a while
A bit of summer fun with: Sunhat Sea Turtle - https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/sunhat-sea-turtle-lisa-s-baker.html
I’d like to introduce the newest member of our family. Her name is Bean and she’s a Greek Ibera tortoise. She’s only 11 months old and will hopefully spend many years (decades even!) with us.
Love her cute little legs which stretch out when she’s having a good meal.
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die - 1996
#Music #AlbumSuggestions #NowPlaying #NowListening
#Tortoise #MillionsNowLivingWillNeverDie
Breakfast with the Giants: Mornings at Blue Hill Hotel, Seychelles
At Blue Hill Hotel in the Seychelles, mornings are never just about a cup of coffee and a plate of fresh fruit. Here, breakfast brings a unique tradition that blends sustainability with a brush of wild magic—feeding time for the hotel’s resident Aldabra giant tortoises.
As the sun rises over the lush hillside, guests gather on the terrace to start their day. But just a few steps away, a small herd of Aldabra giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) awaits their own morning ritual. These gentle giants, some weighing over 400 pounds, have become a beloved part of the Blue Hill experience.
Every morning, the kitchen staff collects organic food scraps from breakfast prep. These include leafy greens, bits of papaya, and other fruit and veggie leftovers. Instead of tossing these into the bin, the scraps are delivered straight to the tortoises. It’s a simple act, but one that turns kitchen waste into a sustainable snack, and breakfast into a shared event.
Watching the tortoises lumber up the hillside for their morning feast is a slow-motion spectacle. With deliberate, measured movements, they munch their way through the pile of fresh offerings. There’s something almost meditative about the way they eat—each bite purposeful, every movement gentle.
Guests have an opportunity to connect with one of the Seychelles’ most iconic creatures up close. They also get to witness a small-scale example of eco-friendly hospitality in action. The Aldabra giant tortoise is native to the islands and is among the world’s largest and longest-lived tortoises. Blue Hill Hotel’s resident herd is a living link to the archipelago’s wild past.
One thing you could always depend on in the Observer was sneering at the ‘lesser nations’ - Tortoise media are carrying on the tradition. Their one entry for Scottish ‘regional specialities’ is the deep fried pizza (and associated drunkenness).
Ill-informed bigotry - who would miss it?
https://observer.co.uk/style/food/article/around-the-uk-in-19-local-dishes
#SkyNews and #Tortoise partnered to bring us a new podcast: The Wargame
Former #UK ministers, generals and defence specialists play the role of cabinet in an urgent COBRA meeting, responding to the unlikely but high-risk scenario where #russia launches an attack against the United Kingdom.
Another team of specialists play the russian war cabinet.
CC: @anderspuck @randahl
@anneapplebaum
#defence #TheWarGame #NATO #US #Europe #Article5 #security #war #Ukraine
https://open.spotify.com/episode/08JrxbZMqVWI3YFxNdp1Dw?si=zU2KTlJTQUWxfNSeBBXlZw
Ha tiens, je suis passé à côté de ça mais #Tortoise a sorti un premier extrait d'un nouvel album à venir chez #InternationalAnthem et #Nonesuch, de bonne facture, et ça me plait :
Une mini tortue pour continuer mes aventures mini #crochet
J'ai tenté de faire les pattes avec des bobble stitches, il y en a aucun de vraiment réussi
#tortoise #amigurumi #miniatures
Too tired now to write about the European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) that we now see every day. One nest secured. Ask me tomorrow.
Despite being the largest #tortoise in Asia, Asian Giant Tortoises are #extinct in #Singapore and critically #endangered in #Indonesia
#Malaysia
#Thailand
due to #palmoil #deforestation and the #pet trade. #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/25/asian-giant-tortoise-manouria-emys/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
For when #WorldTurtleDay falls on a #FrogFriday :
Paul Wayland Bartlett (USA, 1865-1925)
#Frog on #Tortoise, c.1915
Bronze
On display at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, MD
Happy #WorldTurtleDay! Yay!
Did you know that all tortoises are in fact turtles — they belong to the order Testudines or Chelonia (reptiles having bodies encased in a bony shell) — but not all #turtles are #tortoises.
One way to tell them apart is by where it lives. A #turtle lives mostly in #water, while a #tortoise is a #land animal.
Some people use the terms interchangeably but technically that's not always correct.