Grim Reaper 6 Posted April 11, 2021 #1 Share Posted April 11, 2021 One Kansas family is asking their neighbors to keep an eye out for a "giant tan, brown hump" after their 10-year-old pet tortoise, Madmartigan, escaped their Wichita backyard sometime between Monday morning and Monday afternoon. So far, the family has printed out flyers, posted on social media, and contacted Wichita Animal Control, but Madmartigan, who weighs 60 to 70 pounds and measures 18 inches beak to tail, continues to elude them. Tortoises have a reputation for sluggishness, Bahri said, but they can actually cover a lot of ground in a short period of time. "She is a roaming animal, so she can actually get a lot further than you would think, and tortoises are actually a lot faster than you expect, a lot faster, actually, which was a surprising thing to learn," Bahri said Giant Pet Tortoise on the Run After Escaping Kansas Home (msn.com) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted April 11, 2021 #2 Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) Hopefully we get an update if she gets reunited. I was entertained by the image caption though, probably more than I should have been... Edited April 11, 2021 by Saru Image removed due to copyright 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper 6 Posted April 11, 2021 Author #3 Share Posted April 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Timothy said: Hopefully we get an update if she gets reunited. I was entertained by the image caption though, probably more than I should have been... Yea know, they seh weighs 60 or 70 pounds, and is 18 inches long. Thats baby for this species, but thats still a big Turtle man, I dont care what they say, and I realize they are slow moving but, how could the thing escape without being seen. I am afraid that someone stole the Turtle, and if that is the case its really sad, I also hope that somehow they find her. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 14, 2021 #4 Share Posted April 14, 2021 On the run.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted April 14, 2021 #5 Share Posted April 14, 2021 18 inches isn't too big for this turtle to escape and get to some wooded area where detection would be hard. The radius of where it could be is growing every hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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