Ref: HermansTortoise
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This is a Hermans Tortoise complete with its certificate. We do not currently know whether male or female.
This tortoise is 145mm long. Measured on the underside of the shell. Max length of shell.
Please note - We do NOT ship out live animals. Buyer must live locally (YO18 7JW) or collect in person.
This tortoise is one of the two (larger) tortoises involved in an interesting story about three hatchlings - See below.
Buyer MUST collect from us in person (North Yorkshire - UK - YO18 7JW), or we are prepared to deliver within 30 miles.
For more information ... Please call (01751) 471471 and ask for Ann.
When Ann returned from holiday - she found the family scrabbling to find the 3 small tortoises who had buried themselves in Charles' garden.
After a lot of searching - only two of the tortoises were found. The other was presumed eaten by seagulls or the like !Charles was immediately branded the "Tortoise Murderer" and dis-inherited !
A year and a month later (July 2011), Ann's grandson (Cormac) found the small tortoise (still the size of a 50p piece) sitting in the sunshine on some grass clippings that he had been told to clear up.
Here is a picture of two of the tortoise sibblings from the SAME hatching. Notice the difference in size. (Picture - and this write up - are dated 16/12/2011 - copyright Charles Hopkinson !)
