Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Cowabunga

I predict someday in the very near future this tweener turtle will bore of her new skater wheels & be begging for a new shell. If she's still into recreational-sport-equipment-body-modification, then a frisbee would do wonders I tell yas!


Disabled turtle finds romance after getting wheels
(8/18/08)
JERUSALEM - Officials at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo say the 10-year-old spurred tortoise, Arava, has begun mating since being fitted with a custom skateboard to overcome paralysis of her hind legs. The 55-pound turtle is unable to move herself forward with her front legs alone. So the zoo's staff built her a metal board with two wheels that can be strapped to her stomach...

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