Missing tortoise rescued from drainpipe

[Still Waters]

A tortoise had to be dug out of a deep drainpipe 28 days after disappearing, when his scratching was heard by his shell-shocked owners.

Herman had managed to get deep inside a pipe which was buried several feet below his Cambridge garden.

After digging a trench through soil and hardcore for six hours, his owners called in the RSPCA to help with the excavation.

Owner Matt Gilbert said it was an "absolute mystery" how he got there.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-45170273

[DebDandelion]

They ruined his transition into  ninja turtle ...I am glad the shell shocked owners recovered in time to prevent master rat from completing the training...oh we tremble to think what could have happened.