So, why the hell are tortoises so dear then?

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Saw a sign for some for sale the other day and they cost a bloody one-r!!! :eek:

i know they live practically forevermore so you're probably getting your moneys worth in terms of cost per year, and also technically I suppose they come with an attached 'home' lol, but really.. do these shelled buggers actually do anything?

Just wondered, like :D
 
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T.C said:
:confused:

Saw a sign for some for sale the other day and they cost a bloody one-r!!! :eek:

i know they live practically forever more so you're probably getting your moneys worth in terms of cost per year, ans also technically I suppose they come with an attached 'home' lol, but really.. do these shelled buggers actually do anything?

Just wondered, like :D
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I havent a farkin clue!! :D

No help from ere then lol.
 
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and I wonder how hard it would be to actually bust a tortoise out of its shell, should you want to, for any reason :crazy:
what happens to them if they're shell-less, i'm now really curious as to what they would look like too :rofl:
 
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T.C said:
:confused:

Saw a sign for some for sale the other day and they cost a bloody one-r!!! :eek:

i know they live practically forever more so you're probably getting your moneys worth in terms of cost per year, ans also technically I suppose they come with an attached 'home' lol, but really.. do these shelled buggers actually do anything?

Just wondered, like :D
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How much Teece?
 
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T.C said:
and I wonder how hard it would be to actually bust a tortoise out of its shell, should you want to, for any reason :crazy:
what happens to them if they're shell-less, i'm now really curious as to what they would look like too :rofl:
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Imagine if the buggar ended up bein this big! :eek:

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T.C said:
and I wonder how hard it would be to actually bust a tortoise out of its shell, should you want to, for any reason :crazy:
what happens to them if they're shell-less, i'm now really curious as to what they would look like too :rofl:
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Thats why theyre so expensive.. cos after theyve died you can scrape it out of its shell leaving you a nice firside ornament. If youre really creative you can make a number of things from them, for example an ash tray, shoes - although youd need 2 for that..
 
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How much Teece?
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:eek: how dare you!!
you kerb-crawling twat :p :D :rofl:

anyway, back to the topic in hand (or should that be 'in-shell'? )
it was £100... im sure it wasnt being pimped out though, just for sale as a pet before you get excited :D

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Imagine if the buggar ended up bein this big! :eek:

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ooh ive seen those, ive got a pic of me from the mid 90's stroking (not pervily..) one of those when I was in Kenya , they're absolute monsters :eek: cute though :D
 
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Harri74 said:
Thats why theyre so expensive.. cos after theyve died you can scrape it out of its shell leaving you a nice firside ornament. If youre really creative you can make a number of things from them, for example an ash tray, shoes - although youd need 2 for that..
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ok so thats the naked tortoises made use of...it was a bit squelchy when i just flexed my toes though :|
now what shall i do with the empty shells?

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lol u twit! Amys got 2 at work and i did have a video of 1 tryin 2 eat my finger thru the glass of its tank for about 5 mins, Thick as pigshit and boring 2 cowin boot, Funny tho i will see if i can find it :D
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lol, that post has just reminded me of the weekend just gone when Woody got bitten on the finger by a hamster after he was waggling his fingers into its cage :rofl:


and i feel sorry for tortoises now you've called them thick and boring :| awww

I remember hearing about back in the 90's or whenever Teenage mutant ninja turtles were at their peak , loadsa kids got terrapins then got bored after a while and they apparently were being abandoned / flushed down the bog etc... :eek:

tutles have fin-type limbs, and tortoises have legs... right?
so I reckon surely they were more teenage mutant ninja tortoises than turtles :confused:
 
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sy69 said:
sell them in a shop near me
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ahh, cant be illegal then, and I havent uncovered some shady tortoise dealing racket, lol

cant remember where I saw the sign actually, somewhere up north :confused:
Cano, might have been the other weekend when me came over to yours... mind you, we did do some mad loadsa miles accidental detour / scenic route / got lost, so it could have covered loads of places :$ :D

p.s Wow! some funky patterns on the ones in that link! :cool: :D
 


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