Dear Diary - Turtle Doves?

[Edwina's Secretary]

Dear Diary,

Do you remember the Santa in the back yard? Well...he brought an early present for us....
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid197/pc89b1df150a760b093806eedfdf4df1d/f0fb9bc8.jpg
I found it under a tree in the yard....when I first saw it...I was a little afraid...but he is very nice....
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid197/p40befcb3996f7fee448416ff0ffb4330/f0fb9b34.jpg
HH likes him too....
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid197/pcb9783361a7f9dd7fe4c69dd2201383f/f0fb9a17.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid197/p029eebdc4d8085fa596a89441a384961/f0fb99c9.jpg

Isn't this a nice present?

Eddie

[RICHARD]

Let's see, a surrogate to Squirrely Shirley???


Edward and Edwina....

Should a llama or a giraffe show up next year, Run like the Dickens!!!!

[NoahsMommy]

Oooooh, he sure is a cutie!!!

So, is Mom letting you keep him???

Our granparent's have a turtle like that, his name is Herby. We've never got to see or touch him like that. You sure are lucky!!

Luv,
Noah, Basie, Micah, Phoebe & Jonah

[Laura's Babies]

My grandson has had a turtle in their compose bed for a lot of years.. So, is that their new pet?

[Cuddles]

That is a Russian tortoise. They eat lots of greens and vegeables.

[catnapper]

Wow Eddie, you sure do get the neatest gifts and make the greatest friends!

[Killearn Kitties]

What a lovely present! You two lead such an exciting life with all these little friends you meet! We'll probably get another boring toy that we don't like from Santa!

Enviously,

Samantha, Daisy and Jessica

[Barbara]

Dear Eddie, now there is finally a friend who is neither a dragon to be slain nor a scaredy chipmunk to die from a heart attack. I hope he stays with you and HH for a long and happy time;)

BTW: what is a Russian tortoise? Something different from a SoCa tortoise a suppose- does it mean it escaped somewhere?

[kimlovescats]

What a nice surprise!!! A new friend for Christmas! :D

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

What an original present!! Does he have a name yet?

[ramanth]

He's a cutie Eddie! What did you name him?
:D

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Hmmmm....somehow I always pictured turtle doves resembling more of their dove ancestry than their turtle history....but then again, that shows what I know about turtle doves. ;)

:D

[momoffuzzyfaces]

My cats are green with envy. They don't have any pets! :D

[lvpets2002]

;) How so sweet & boy they are checking out that turtle..

[momcat]

Wow! :eek: That's a really neat present, Eddie. Mr. Turtle looks like a really nice guy. What's his name? Does he eat your food? It will be nice for you to have another play mate. I never saw a real turtle before. Well, I hope that you and Lady Edwina have a very Meowie Christmas with lots of other nice presents and plenty of tasty treats. I hope you'll tell us more about your new friend and I hope he plays nicely with you.

Your friend,
Groucho

[Edwina's Secretary]

he has moved on....leaving only a memory and a small pile of poop!

[RICHARD]

he has moved on....leaving only a memory and a small pile of poop!


"Studs" probably will show up again.


I knew a guy with a huge desert tortise-he would disappear for the winter months....to show up in spring!


He'll be back! :)

[Vio&Juni]

What a nice present from Santa - too bad he left so quickly. It will come again, dear Eddie and you'll have many more adventures with him.

[Randi]

Eddie, don't worry about him eating your food - he'll be much too slow. :D

When he comes back again, I bet you'll notice right away .... if you're allowed outside that is! ;)

Edwina, you know how to give him a warm welcome! :)

[RICHARD]

HeY EdWuRd anD EdwIna,

ThIS Is EdWurD d kAts

sIncE eVeRy ONe iS gETtING a tERTLE fOR xMAs, i WANt oNE tWo!

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NAIROBI (AFP) - A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on
the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old
tortoise, in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said.

The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.

"It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother'," ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park, told AFP.

"After it was swept and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately, it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep together," the ecologist
added. "The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it follows its mother. If somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother," Kahumbu added.

"The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for four years," he explained.

[RICHARD]

http://www.digyourowngrave.com/tortoise-adopts-baby-hippo/