Aug 25. I haven't seen my african desert tortoise 3 times in over a week. He's dug a tunnel under the backyard so deep I can't see where it goes. The excavated sand is over a foot deep and grows daily as he digs, covering potted plants. Today I finally saw him emerging and grabbed him. In picking him up, I unwittingly stepped on and through his tunnel sinking over a foot into it. I placed him in the kids' pool where he immediately dunked his head and drank deeply for over a minute. After his bath he atewhile a visiting friend's new baby sat atop him. The baby enjoyed the ride bare-shell (no saddle yet). I'm glad to see he's made a deep hideaway from the heat and hope he doesn't dig an exit outside the fence, which they are known to do. When he saw my tunnel damage heimmediately began re-digging. Click to enlarge the pic for all you nerds (like me) who want to see the sand flying behind this digging dinosaur.
3 Comments:
Methinks your friends' baby needs more fiber in her diet. Looks a little stiff...
am so glad you're back, kirby! it was really scary looking at your blank blog for a while.
Do you rent out Skip for parties? I have run out of ideas for the kids entertainment.
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