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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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Turtle Kept in Darkness on a Diet of Cat Food, Feels the Sun for the First Time in 50 Years
Leone and the rest of the crew at Garden State Tortoise received a call from the boy's relative asking for help. In photos, Rockalina looked different than most eastern box turtles, which are ...
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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 ...
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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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After 50 years of neglect, a rescued turtle finally sees the sun
The eastern box turtle had lived since 1977 inside ... “We’ve seen a lot of rough stuff when it comes to turtles and tortoises, primarily because they’re one of the easiest animals to ...
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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 based in New ... Leone said. Rockalina is an eastern box turtle. The brightly colored reptiles were once plentiful throughout parts of the ...
Turtle Kept in Darkness on a Diet of Cat Food, Feels the Sun for the First Time in 50 Years
An eastern box turtle kept as a pet has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month ...
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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
Garden State Tortoise founder Chris Leone gets plenty ... A young boy found Rockalina, a wild eastern box turtle, while playing near his New York home in 1977. His family took her in and for ...