Even though you have a super-secure hinged safe sitting right on top of your legs, a smart and survival-savvy 3Continue reading “Day 99: Digging Is Good for the Soul”
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Day 93: What Has Red Eyes and Is Not Albino?
If you are born with fur or hair (like, say, your large shell-less mama) and you have red or pinkishContinue reading “Day 93: What Has Red Eyes and Is Not Albino?”
Day 90: Scutes. Scoots.
Smart. Sensitive. Sociable (at least with lady box turtles and anything you want to eat). Flexible. Multi-talented. Strong. Speedy. GreatContinue reading “Day 90: Scutes. Scoots.”
Day 87: Survivor, Box Turtle Edition
The 3-toed box turtle is a very unique species even among chelonians (that is what the large shell-less beings callContinue reading “Day 87: Survivor, Box Turtle Edition”
Day 84: A Very Surprised Box Turtle
Being born with a home on your back is pretty brilliant. When your home is also a totally secure hingedContinue reading “Day 84: A Very Surprised Box Turtle”
Day 81: We Love Bruce!
The large shell-less being here…. Bruce joined our little flock during a very tumultuous time. Malti had spontaneously taken offContinue reading “Day 81: We Love Bruce!”
Day 78: Turtle Versus Tortoise
When you are born with a shell on your back, making sure your large shell-less assistant knows precisely which speciesContinue reading “Day 78: Turtle Versus Tortoise”
Day 75: Marvelous Meaty Mealworms
Dinnertime in an interspecies flock can sure get interesting. There is your small loud feathery brother, who seems intent onContinue reading “Day 75: Marvelous Meaty Mealworms”
Day 72: Scoping for Lady Turtles
When you are an exceptionally handsome male 3-toed box turtle (and even the horrid scary shell-less beings in the whiteContinue reading “Day 72: Scoping for Lady Turtles”
Day 69: A Turtle In a Hay Pile
When the large shell-less beings think of hay, they typically think of the large, ponderous, gassy beings who all seemContinue reading “Day 69: A Turtle In a Hay Pile”
Day 66: A Box Turtle Wakes Up!
The large shell-less being here…. Bruce technically woke up from a whopping FIVE MONTHS of hibernation on March 10. ButContinue reading “Day 66: A Box Turtle Wakes Up!”
Day 63: Boy Box Turtles Will Be Boy Box Turtles
If there is one thing that can reliably produce grey hairs in any large shell-less being, it is a boyContinue reading “Day 63: Boy Box Turtles Will Be Boy Box Turtles”
Day 60: A True Texas Box Turtle
No matter where you go in this world, other beings seem to have a thing for Texas…and Texans. In particular,Continue reading “Day 60: A True Texas Box Turtle”
Day 57: Stealth Box Turtle
In the world of the large shell-less beings, being in the “black ops” business requires all kinds of special gadgets.Continue reading “Day 57: Stealth Box Turtle”
Day 54: Box Turtle Coloration
Shelled beings are experts at using coloration to maximum effect. There is a lot more to picking out the optimalContinue reading “Day 54: Box Turtle Coloration”
Day 51: Salad for Box Turtles
Salad is so delicious. It is also very nutritious. All those fresh greens, packed full of phytonutrients and chlorophyll andContinue reading “Day 51: Salad for Box Turtles”
Day 48: Box Turtle Free Climbing
Free climbers are quite amazing. There is this vertical structure, and then there is this being scaling right up theContinue reading “Day 48: Box Turtle Free Climbing”
Day 45: Box Turtles Wearing Beards
Beards are very manly. Masculine. The ladies love them. In fact, beards are all the fashion rage these days, andContinue reading “Day 45: Box Turtles Wearing Beards”