Jobsite Tortoise

Burke · 11-07-2009, 09:50 AM

The Super's son saw a rock moving out in the desert and investigated, it's a African Tortoise, These are around the Sonoran Desert now because some guy let a bunch loose, so that little eco-niche is now filled. We were excited when we first saw it because Desert Tortoises are rare and grow to be freakin huge, they used to have one at our local zoo and kids could ride it..poor guy got beat up alot i'm sure.
This guy was given water and bread was released back out into the desert.

Dookiebutt · 11-07-2009, 10:25 AM

I found one of those in the Cleveland Metroparks once. Our zoo wouldn't take him. A buddy kept it, but it died over the winter.

SwedeSteve · 11-07-2009, 10:26 AM

Thanks for the pics !!

Seabeescotty · 11-07-2009, 10:44 AM

We had a desert tortoise for a pet, when I was a kid in Arizona. It was neater than having a dog! We'd put it on a leash, and take it for walks, and get the funniest looks from the folks going thru town on the old highway. They must have thought it was a weird little town, 'cause most of them wouls speed up, and get on down the road!! LOL! That was the old Buckeye, Az. I hear it's a suburb of Phoenix, since the invasion from Kalifornica got under way.

cheapblaster · 11-07-2009, 01:07 PM

Cool find!

But when I read the title to your thread for some reason I immediately thought of some of my co-workers!

Palladin8 · 11-07-2009, 01:44 PM

good thing no one ran that over. On one of our projects here in Las Vegas several years back one was ran over in a gravel pit and the pit was shut down for three months so the tree huggers could look for more. The change order was several hundred thousand dollars to haul material from another pit for those three months.

Tigercat200 · 11-07-2009, 02:42 PM

Mnay years ago I did a lot of construction quality control in downtown Chicago. We dug up parts of steel wheels, wood, and even bones. Every time we found a bone the superintendent would say "That's a cow bone" and throw it in the truck. We never stopped. Times change and not always for the better.

sea_chicken1 · 11-07-2009, 05:52 PM

I like turtles....

big shrek · 11-08-2009, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by sea_chicken1

I like turtles....

Yeah, they make good soup

thicket · 11-08-2009, 03:02 PM

whats the downside? that thing is big and it's eating something.

local volunteer fire dept sold turtle soup recently, and it was good. they called it Famous Soup or something like that.

petrol · 11-08-2009, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Tigercat200

Mnay years ago I did a lot of construction quality control in downtown Chicago. We dug up parts of steel wheels, wood, and even bones. Every time we found a bone the superintendent would say "That's a cow bone" and throw it in the truck. We never stopped. Times change and not always for the better.

does that mean you guys found jimmy hoffa?

11-07-2009, 09:50 AM	#1
Burke Ahh..Cordite. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gun City, Arizona Posts: 774 Images: 25	Jobsite Tortoise The Super's son saw a rock moving out in the desert and investigated, it's a African Tortoise, These are around the Sonoran Desert now because some guy let a bunch loose, so that little eco-niche is now filled. We were excited when we first saw it because Desert Tortoises are rare and grow to be freakin huge, they used to have one at our local zoo and kids could ride it..poor guy got beat up alot i'm sure. This guy was given water and bread was released back out into the desert. __________________ As long as I have a gun in my hand..I control my own destiny.

11-07-2009, 10:25 AM	#2
Dookiebutt Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: America's North Coast Posts: 2,043	I found one of those in the Cleveland Metroparks once. Our zoo wouldn't take him. A buddy kept it, but it died over the winter. __________________ The nerds will never understand the awesomeness of it.

11-07-2009, 10:26 AM	#3
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 23,576 Images: 1	Thanks for the pics !! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

11-07-2009, 10:44 AM	#4
Seabeescotty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country. Posts: 6,964 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 1	We had a desert tortoise for a pet, when I was a kid in Arizona. It was neater than having a dog! We'd put it on a leash, and take it for walks, and get the funniest looks from the folks going thru town on the old highway. They must have thought it was a weird little town, 'cause most of them wouls speed up, and get on down the road!! LOL! That was the old Buckeye, Az. I hear it's a suburb of Phoenix, since the invasion from Kalifornica got under way. __________________ Adapt, improvise, overcome.-Gysgt Highway, Heartbreak Ridge IN GOD WE TRUST!

11-07-2009, 02:42 PM	#7
Tigercat200 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Middle of the USA Posts: 445	Mnay years ago I did a lot of construction quality control in downtown Chicago. We dug up parts of steel wheels, wood, and even bones. Every time we found a bone the superintendent would say "That's a cow bone" and throw it in the truck. We never stopped. Times change and not always for the better. __________________ Bob Beware the fury of a patient man......John Dryden

11-07-2009, 01:07 PM	#5
cheapblaster Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SF Bay area, California Posts: 673 Images: 1	Cool find! But when I read the title to your thread for some reason I immediately thought of some of my co-workers!

11-07-2009, 01:44 PM	#6
Palladin8 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,451	good thing no one ran that over. On one of our projects here in Las Vegas several years back one was ran over in a gravel pit and the pit was shut down for three months so the tree huggers could look for more. The change order was several hundred thousand dollars to haul material from another pit for those three months.

11-07-2009, 05:52 PM	#8
sea_chicken1 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Everett WA. and Norfolk VA. Posts: 1,017	I like turtles....

11-08-2009, 03:02 PM	#10
thicket Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5	whats the downside? that thing is big and it's eating something. local volunteer fire dept sold turtle soup recently, and it was good. they called it Famous Soup or something like that.