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Tortoise reappears — after 4 years
A New Hampshire couple says a 25-pound pet tortoise has reappeared four years after escaping from its pen.
Mike and Christine Wellington say their African spur thigh tortoise named Lucy made off from their greenhouse business in Brentwood. But on Friday, the Wellingtons received a call from a neighbor half a mile up the road that Lucy had reappeared.
The Wellingtons say they're certain the tortoise is theirs because of the unusual protruding bumps on its back.
Mike Wellington says turtles of Lucy's species dig deep holes in the ground for protection in extreme weather. He says he supposes Lucy did just that to survive New Hampshire's winters the past four years.
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How did the turtle brack the fance?Is it hard to raze Lucy an how much dous she eat a day?I but it was fun to raze such a big turtle.
that thing is huge i hope to get a gigantic tortis like that one day amagine having one of those it whould be so cool
That's a big tortise! You barely hear about a tortise getting loose.
4 years was a long time but look how big it is! I'd get scared even if it was a tortise!
I'm very happy for them to get there tortise back.
I wonder how they dig holes in the ground? Well it protected Lucy from the weather.
I'd bet Mike & Christine were very happy.
i do not know how it would get thatb big. would of it diead over the years. is it mean or still stam.i would keep it if i found it i would put it in my back yard.
I think it's great how after 4 years Lucy came back. I wonder how she survived all that time in the wild by herself. Also how did Lucy escape in the first place? There's just so many questions I have!!
i think that is the cools turtle that came back 4 years later i love that turtle and what would they feed it i would like to know