“Birds of a feather” and all that aside, when you live in an interspecies flock, it just makes sense to keep on good terms with your shelled flock mates. After all, you may look really different on the outside, but on the inside you share an ancient and noble lineage right down to your DNA.ContinueContinue reading “Day 244: Cockatiel Meets His Inner Tortoise”
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Day 236: The Case of the Missing Tortoise Snacks
Everyone knows that snacks can be slippery. Just like any prey species, they have a tendency to sneak away if you take your eyes off them. The more, well, seasoned the snacks get, the better they become at hiding right out in plain sight. You could be sitting right on top of them and notContinueContinue reading “Day 236: The Case of the Missing Tortoise Snacks”
Day 230: The Small Spiky Tortoise
When you’re ancient, you can feel it in your bones….literally. Every tiny but mighty footprint you take evokes the legends of the mighty and enormous beings you predated and then outlived. If that popular so-called “reality” show about survival that the large shell-less beings seem to favor accepted shelled contestants, there is no doubt whoContinueContinue reading “Day 230: The Small Spiky Tortoise”
Day 227: The Tortoise and the Trees
Having a shell on your back usually means you aren’t ever going to win any height contests. Nope. The trees will stay high and you will stay low and that is just fine by you both. Even though you and your cozy shell don’t prefer to do any actual climbing, it can still be niceContinueContinue reading “Day 227: The Tortoise and the Trees”
Day 224: Tortoise Trains An Assistant
While it isn’t necessarily “normal” for shelled beings and shell-less beings to cohabitate, it can be a smart choice under certain circumstances. For example, let’s say you are born particularly cute. This means right from day one, your plate is full with evading paparazzi, posing for fan pics, foraging your meals and (of course) plentyContinueContinue reading “Day 224: Tortoise Trains An Assistant”
Day 221: Tiny Tortoise Grows Up
While there are lots of good things about arriving into this world in one of those popular small white round escape pods, there is one notable drawback. It’s not very big. Ergo, when you pop the hatch and take your first historic steps outside as a baby tortoise, you aren’t very big. This can makeContinueContinue reading “Day 221: Tiny Tortoise Grows Up”
Day 218: Tortoise Makes Friends With Cockatiel
“Cuteness” is a great way to make new friends. But when you are born very cute and have so many beings who want to be friends with you, it can take some time to get around to everyone on the waiting list. You do your best, of course, because that is just the kind ofContinueContinue reading “Day 218: Tortoise Makes Friends With Cockatiel”
Day 215: The Emotional Support Tortoise
When your little flock consists of one (perpetually nervous) feathered being, one (equally anxious) large shell-less being and two shelled beings, it doesn’t take advanced math to figure out who is there to support whom. Clearly, there is one shell for each of ’em! It also won’t take much time at all to discern thatContinueContinue reading “Day 215: The Emotional Support Tortoise”
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 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”
Love & Feathers & Shells 