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Turtle Kept in Darkness on a Diet of Cat Food, Feels the Sun for the First Time in 50 Years
A wild eastern box turtle who was kept as a pet for decades has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her ...
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Box turtle kept in darkness for 50 years and fed cat food whisked away to her new life becomes social media sweetheart
Spread the loveAn eastern box turtle has a new life, after spending at least 50 of her years living on a tiled kitchen floor.
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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
Rockalina the eastern box turtle when she was first rescued by Garden State Tortoise. When Garden State Tortoise, a reptile rehabilitation center based in New Jersey, got ahold of Rockalina in ...
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10 Key Facts About Sulcata Tortoises
Snakes aren’t the only animals that hiss; certain tortoises do, too. If something startles or provokes a sulcata tortoise, it ...
After 50 years of neglect, a rescued turtle finally sees the sun
Rockalina the eastern box turtle had never ventured outdoors since 1977 — now she’s healing and getting to feel grass beneath ...
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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
Rockalina the eastern box turtle when she was first rescued by Garden State Tortoise. Garden State Tortoise When Garden State Tortoise, a reptile rehabilitation center based in New Jersey ...
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Turtle Kept in Darkness on a Diet of Cat Food, Feels the Sun for the First Time in 50 Years
Chris and Casey Leone/Garden State Tortoise Rockalina the eastern box turtle In February this year, Leone and the rest of the crew at Garden State Tortoise received a call from the boy's relative ...
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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
When Garden State Tortoise, a reptile rehabilitation center ... Rockalina is an eastern box turtle. The brightly colored reptiles were once plentiful throughout parts of the East Coast, scampering ...