The tortoise saves itself in this one. Watch the terrestrial reptile make a hasty exit after a shed fire broke out on Super ...

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Scientists predict that the last female tortoise on the island of Golem Grad in North Macedonia will die in 2083 ...

A California family’s pet tortoise made a slow-speed getaway that was somehow just fast enough to escape a massive shed fire that broke out when a heat lamp tipped over. Leo, a 3-year-old female ...

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The quick escape of a stereotypically slow reptile from a shed fire is getting attention on social media. Leo, a female tortoise, tapped into her speedy side to flee flames that engulfed her backyard ...

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