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Zippy's Great Migration
I think I’ve told you about my friend Zippy Zebra before. He’s bonkers and always has wild ideas. Well, the other day he was watching a nature documentary on TV. It was about animals that live on the African savannah making great migrations across thousands of miles. They traveled to find food, water, and other animals of the same species as them. Of course, there were zebras on the show and Zippy watched with rapt attention. I watched with him for a while even though there weren’t any turtles. Then again, land turtles don’t migrate. We’re at home wherever we are because of our shells.
Jonathan the Tortoise Celebrates His 191st Birthday
The world’s oldest living land animal - a Seychelles giant tortoise named Jonathan - has just celebrated his 191st birthday.
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Why Is the World Always on the Back of a Turtle?
Anyne who has ever heard the expression “it’s turtles all the way down” is probably familiar with the image of the world being carried on the back of a giant turtle. While that philosophical one-liner is of relatively modern vintage, the cosmic turtle mytheme has appeared in disparate cultures across the globe for millennia.
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