Shannon Cutts

Day 210: A Box Turtle and His Crocs

Reptiles, whether box turtles, tortoises or other species, are definitely a breed apart. Even if you look a little (or a lot) different on the outside, on the inside you have so much in common. Take cold blood, for example. Where a good one-half of all the beings on earth are what one might politelyContinueContinue reading “Day 210: A Box Turtle and His Crocs”

Day 209: Tortoise Takes the Most Direct Route

For beings who prefer to move at a measured pace, the most direct route tends to be the most expeditious. Let’s say you are happily ambling along when, all of a sudden, you spy a green being up in the distance. Your cute little tortoise tummy rumbles and you realize you are actually in theContinueContinue reading “Day 209: Tortoise Takes the Most Direct Route”

Day 208: Cockatiel Tackles Molt-i-tasking

If there is one thing you have to get used to right away when you live with an interspecies flock, it is that no one else in the flock will be good at something called “multi-tasking.” And we do mean no one. Take your large featherless assistant, for example. Let’s say you have given herContinueContinue reading “Day 208: Cockatiel Tackles Molt-i-tasking”

Day 207: Box Turtle Makes a Video!

While there are undeniable advantages to be had by choosing life in an interspecies flock, there are also notable drawbacks. For starters, the paparazzi. They just never leave you alone. As a box turtle, wherever you go, whatever you are doing, whether you are swimming in your watering hole, snoozing under your fern, noshing onContinueContinue reading “Day 207: Box Turtle Makes a Video!”

Day 206: Tortoise Has Legs for Days

There is no doubt about it. The faster you can grow, the longer your legs will get. The longer your legs get, the better you will be able to reach previously inaccessible off-limits edibles…and outrun your large shell-less assistant to get to them. In situations where outrunning is not an option, by simply displaying yourContinueContinue reading “Day 206: Tortoise Has Legs for Days”

Day 205: Cockatiel Declares Comfort Is King

If you want to know who rules the roost in any given flock, just look for the most comfortable being. Of course, different species may define “comfort” slightly differently. In flocks of large featherless beings, the most comfortable being is probably going to be found seated, with one large rectangular device in front of themContinueContinue reading “Day 205: Cockatiel Declares Comfort Is King”

Day 204: A Box Turtle Finds a Friend

When you are an active participant in the daily food chain o’ life, you soon learn who your friends are. When you encounter the same beings again and again, and again and again they seem totally disinclined to add you to the menu, chances are good they are your friends. As a box turtle, whileContinueContinue reading “Day 204: A Box Turtle Finds a Friend”

Day 203: Tortoise Shell Scratches

Growing up fast has its advantages. It also has its disadvantages. Among the advantages – you are no longer “appetizer sized,” you are finally able to “throw your weight around” (in a manner of speaking) and you get growing up over with. Among the disadvantages – growing up can be itchy business when you areContinueContinue reading “Day 203: Tortoise Shell Scratches”

Day 202: Cockatiel Asks “What Would .007 Do?”

As a famous and feathery actor, you can’t live life like ordinary folks. For instance, you can’t just walk down to the store for a snack whenever you please. At least not unless you feel like hanging out with the paparazzi all the way there and all the way back. So you have to getContinueContinue reading “Day 202: Cockatiel Asks “What Would .007 Do?””

Day 201: A Big Green Box Turtle

You just never know who you might meet when a new day dawns. This is why, if you are a single and suave manly and masculine 3-toed box turtle who is looking for love, there is always a reason to keep hope alive. You could be out for a bit of a stroll, no destinationContinueContinue reading “Day 201: A Big Green Box Turtle”