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Old 10-09-2012, 09:54 AM   #1
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October 5, 2012 - Ploughshare Tortoises



I came across this image of Ploughshare Tortoises and the name piqued my curiosity. It turns out that the name comes from the shape of the underside of the tortoise.

What I also found is that smugglers love these guys, too, because of their rarity. So sad.

I also came across another victim of smuggling called the Radiated Tortoise.




The plight of the Ploughshare Tortoise was told in National Geographic and the Radiated Tortoise's story was found in Wildlife Extra.

PS: I had this all ready to post on Fri, and thought I had posted it, but then found it on Sunday, went to post it and lost it! On top of that, we've been in deep crisis and I haven't had the time to post. Hopefully, I will have more time this week.
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Old 10-09-2012, 09:56 AM   #2
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Sorry to hear that, CM ... hope things get sorted out quickly.
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Old 10-09-2012, 04:38 PM   #3
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Those ploughshare tortoises in the original post don't appear to have the feature they are famous for.

Head/nose looks different, too.

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Old 10-10-2012, 09:13 AM   #4
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O' beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
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Old 10-10-2012, 02:08 PM   #5
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I thought ploughshares were commies?
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Old 10-11-2012, 01:40 PM   #6
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Those ploughshare tortoises in the original post don't appear to have the feature they are famous for.

Head/nose looks different, too.
They may be babies.
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Old 10-12-2012, 02:21 PM   #7
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Could be.
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