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The wikipedia page [1] says: They also face threats from the pet trade as they are over harvested. Which would seem to indicate that they are not very suitabl
by unwind 4y ago
The wikipedia page [1] says:
They also face threats from the pet trade as they are over harvested.
Which would seem to indicate that they are not very suitable as pets, unless you can source them ethically, something I would assume to be rather hard for people living far away from where they originate.
Edit: TFA is blocked by my work computer's surf police, perhaps it's a satirical piece illustrating how dumb it would be to have such an animal as a pet, I don't know.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_spurred_tortoise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_spurred_tortoise
- klyrs 4y agoIt is not a parody. It uses the words "ostensibly" and "theoretically" in describing the tortoise's lifespan, amidst all the warnings of what can go wrong if you don't properly care for them. It sounds like they're acknowledging that people are gonna have these animals as pets, damn the cost and consequence, and kill them through neglect.