Yes, that is John up to his waist in Myrtle's den trying to reach her and bring her out to hibernate. In all the years that we have had her/him there has been a gradual slowdown prior to hibernation. This year he/she just went and did it all at once. Desert tortoises are supposed to live in a much drier enivronment, so it is necessary for us to hibernate him/her in a box in the garage. John ended up taking the blocks off the face of the retaining wall and more or less digging to get our tortoise out. I'm happy to say that he/she is safely in her winter home in the garage. (Note: Myrtle was the name we gave our tortoise when she was just a baby. In the last year or so she has become old enough (i.e. large enough) to determine the sex. Myrtle is acutally a HE, but after over a year of trying to come up with a masculine name we gave up and still call him Myrtle. Any suggestions are welcome!)
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How about Darwin Jr.!
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