Living in close quarters with beings of others species can require an ongoing commitment to education. Or, rather, re-education. Sure, it is true you enjoy a good refreshing outdoor mud wallow as much as the next being. After all, who doesn’t? But that doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate other comforts as well. Take snuggles, forContinueContinue reading “Day 356: Snuggles With Shells”
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Day 344: Tortoise Cuddles
Some beings are simply born for comfort. While others of their kind might gravitate towards more rustic accommodations, well, when you are born to life a life of luxury you know it. You own it. You work it for all its worth. Sure, you might have cold blood on the inside. But you have aContinueContinue reading “Day 344: Tortoise Cuddles”
Day 335: Tortoise Begs for Treats
It can pay to be slow and low to the ground when you live in an interspecies flock. From this unique vantage point, you can quickly learn who is in charge of what and how to work them for all they are worth. For example, it doesn’t take long to learn that your large shell-lessContinueContinue reading “Day 335: Tortoise Begs for Treats”
Day 314: Functional, Fashionable Redfoot Tortoise Skin
Not every being is born for life under cover in the deep tropical forest. As anyone knows who has ever gone tromping through the underbrush, you never know what might be hiding inside….or how upset it might get about being disturbed. So you want to outfit yourself with the right gear for your forest adventures….likeContinueContinue reading “Day 314: Functional, Fashionable Redfoot Tortoise Skin”
Day 302: The Tortoise and the Paparazzi
Fame has its perks – there is no denying that. You get your own posh, private accommodations, dedicated customer service from your own personal large shell-less assistant, a continual stream of fan mail from admirers, shell scratches and warm baths whenever you want them….and of course handfed treats galore. But it is not all sunshineContinueContinue reading “Day 302: The Tortoise and the Paparazzi”
Day 284: Redfoot Tortoise Takes a Walk
If there is one fact all shelled beings are born knowing, it is this: carrying a rock around on your back is great exercise. Every time you take a walk, you will be building muscle and burning calories like a pro. Of course, this can also make walking a very hungry sport. To make theContinueContinue reading “Day 284: Redfoot Tortoise Takes a Walk”
Day 281: The Tortoise Nose Knows
Living inside with your large shell-less assistant and small feathery brother is not for the faint of constitution. Talk about a dynamic duo. For starters, there is all the shrieking. It can be enough to make you want to pull the covers over your head and hunker down and hide. And yet there are perksContinueContinue reading “Day 281: The Tortoise Nose Knows”
Day 272: Little Tortoise, Big Lettuce
In the world of the large shell-less beings, there is a fascination with very large snacks. Yet even with snacks being one of the few fascinations your two species seem to share in common, you can nevertheless spot a few potential problems right off the bat. For starters, when a snack is that sizable, youContinueContinue reading “Day 272: Little Tortoise, Big Lettuce”
Day 260: That Redfoot Tortoise Tongue
When you are born round on all sides, there are no bad angles. All your sides are good sides. All perspectives are equally photogenic. And if that wasn’t already enough – then you open up your adorable round redfoot tortoise mouth (which is located right below your adorable round nostrils) and show the world yourContinueContinue reading “Day 260: That Redfoot Tortoise Tongue”
Love & Feathers & Shells 