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- Jake Richardson
- July 26, 2011
- 2:03 pm
- 55 comments
An African tortoise at Washington State University had a leg replaced with a caster wheel obtained from a hardware store. It had suffered damage to the leg, so it was removed to prevent further problems. Surgeons at the university’s veterinarian school performed the operations.
The three-legged animal weighs about twenty-three pounds and is named Gamera after a Japanese movie character. He could grow to a weight of 200 pounds. The typical lifespan is about 30-50 years, though some live longer.
Normally this type of tortoise lives in the Sahara Desert and the nearby Sahel region.
Note: the tortoise in the first image is an example of a four-legged African tortoise. Gamera is in the video.
Image Credit: Melissa Mitchell
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+ add your ownThese stories are my all time favorite as someone somewhere understood the value and worth all God's creatures. And now this turtle can move about freely and just may have extended it's life even longer than usual.
Cool. :)
Is that the best wheel they have? I get the feeling, it's turning to much in the wrong direction, like a grocerystorecart. A skateboard has better wheels.
Gotsie!
Cute
With all the turmoil that goes on this world of ours, when an act of kindness like this happens, it helps make us happy to be alive.
We, humans, are fortunate to have been blessed with larger brains. With this blessing, comes a responsibility to our creature cousins.
What we have accomplished with science, warms 'the cockles of my heart'.
really neat!
What a kind thing to do!
Appreciated with many thanks to the people who did great efforts to help it.Cheers
I wonder if this was even needed? in the wild many animals including turtles loose legs do to preditors and survive just fine. The real shame is this animal was taken from its natural habitat and it forced to live the way it is.
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