150 year old Tortoise

hiding against the fence in the olive grove.

[Annie D]

They are such wonderful creatures

[Joan Robillard]

Sweet

[Kathy A]

He’s certainly doing his best not to be seen

[Susan Wakely]

Fascinating creatures.

[narayani]

Amazing

[Renee Salamon]

Oh my, he’s beautiful - how do you know his age? Something to do with markings on the shell I guess

[Valerie Chesney]

He's wonderful & it is so great he can live out his life here.

[winghong_ho]

Great shot.

[Bucktree]

Great capture. Amazing to live that long.

[katy]

Terrific shot of him just taking it easy. How do you know how old he is?

[Dawn]

A lovely shot of him

[Steve Chappell]

Great shot of him

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Oh my, he is precious.

[Beryl Lloyd]

How wonderful.

[Merrelyn]

How wonderful to have these fellows wandering around.

[moni kozi]

My oh my!

[gloria jones]

Neat capture of ancient turtle

[Kitty Hawke]

Awww....that little face peeping out......

[Mags]

God love it! Sweet capture.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That's quite the age- he's earned the right to hide!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

they are so incredible

[Corinne C]

A lovely old lady!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Lisa Brown]

great detail of this beautiful creature

[Elisa Smith]

If only he could talk, the things he has seen. Love the detail on the shell.

[Allison Maltese]

He is both nicely framed and a little hidden by the grasses and foliage around him.

[George]

Amazing and wonderful.

[Heather]

Wow! Look at its head tucked into its shell! A great shot, Diana- fascinating to see! Fav

[Jane Pittenger]

Amazing

[Shutterbug]

Awesome. I hope he is well protected. He’s older than anyone of us.

[Rick]

Great find and capture.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Diana]

@annied @joansmor @kjarn @wakelys @narayani @rensala @happysnaps @wh2021 @dkellogg @grammyn @Dawn @swchappell @mittens @beryl @merrelyn @monikozi @seattlite @cutekitty @marlboromaam @olivetreeann @koalagardens @corinnec @elisasaeter @lisab514 @nannasgotitgoingon @falcon11 @gaf005 @365projectorgheatherb @jgpittenger @shutterbug49 @rickster549 @bkbinthecity Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@rensala @grammyn That is what Cape nature told us when they were brought here. Apparently the only way to tell the age is through record keeping. The oldest living tortoise in the Guinness book of records is 190 years old, they could live up to 250 :-)

[Renee Salamon]

@ludwigsdiana oh my, someone has to be good at record keeping 🤣

[katy]

@ludwigsdiana impressive to know that someone keeps records like that and passes them on. Thank you so much, Diana

[Pam]

He is amazing!!

[Diana]

@pamalama Thanks Pam :-)