A different Leopard Tortoise allowed me to take a closer look at it while it crossed a country road:
Something Over Tea
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A different Leopard Tortoise allowed me to take a closer look at it while it crossed a country road:
Something Over Tea 
Something so wonderful about them. Patient, silent, plodding.
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You have described them well. I would add determined, for they seem to know exactly where they are headed for.
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Lovely shots. This one must be complete 🙂
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Thankfully, it is complete. I have seen a number of these tortoises around lately.
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Dis mooi naby fotos, Anne.
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Dankie Una. Ek het langs hom gebuig om die fotos te neem terwyl hy die grond pad oorsteek het.
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G’n wonder jy kon hom op sy eie vlak afneem nie.🤗
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Hy het ook stadig geloop 🙂 🙂
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What a handsome tortoise. Where abouts was this lovely creature? I have seen one similar (or same species?) in Florida. I don’t know my tortoise species.
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I have answered my own question. How exotic to me…South Africa. I am glad I found your blog. I will learn a lot. Cheers from SW Indiana, USA.
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Thank you for stopping by Lisa. This is indeed in South Africa 🙂
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I will echo other comments: So handsome and what a terrific example of endurance and tenacity.
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I love coming across these creatures. They look so wise.
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Pragtige fotos , hy lyk so rustig
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Bondels! Hoe lekker dat jy weer kom inloer het! Ek is bly jy hou van die fotos.
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Ja jinne Anne, ek bly hoop ek kan meer in blogland kuier maar tyd is so min en gaan so vinnig verby
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What a blessing and honor to encounter these wild creatures in your everyday life.
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It is indeed, for which I am truly grateful.
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Great closeups, Anne. I wonder if you are seeing many lately because they are ‘migrating’ to breeding or wintering grounds? We see ours moving in June/July to breeding grounds and rarely see them other times of the year.
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Tortoise movement here is mostly related to the availability of food and water, their reproductive status and local environmental conditions. The availability of water is especially important and, given the long drought and the heat we are experiencing, it is likely that they are on the move in search of water especially.
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Poor things, but I expect they are well adapted to arid conditions.
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Good shots (but then a tortoise is perhaps easier to shoot than flighty birds). 🙂
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I agree with you wholeheartedly, although you might be surprised by how fast such a tortoise can move just when your have managed to focus on a particular close-up section of it!
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When you get to my age, almost everything moves too fast if it isn’t nailed down. 🙂
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How nice to see one close up. Such an ancient species, they are quite marvellous.
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Catching sight of these creatures always lifts my spirits 🙂
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Ek lief skilpaaiie, mooi foto’s
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Baie dankie, Christa.
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