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Published: 2009-08-21 18:03:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 378; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 0
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Taken at the Peoria ZooThis is one of the tortoises they have at the zoo, unfortunately I don't know my tortoises well enough to tell you if it's the Aldabra or Galapagos. I do know when I walked up, I instantly knew that the light and shadow would make for a very nice black and white. And the textures!!
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Excellent shot! I've never seen a turtle with a shell that large...it's really something how textured it really is.
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They really are amazing, and I think I read somewhere that their shells just keep growing year after year, if you get close up to one (whether it's Galapagos or Aldabra) you'll see rings on those segments like a tree and it's supposed to tell you how old they are.
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Is that so? That's really special.
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wow.... that is some of the worst pyramiding I have ever seen D:
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Very nice picture ! The dark background really makes the light shell stand out.
But I didn't know turtles could have shells so thick! Must be bulletproof...
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Thank you!! I would have to think that they are too, with how thick it was!!
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