Is it just me, or do tortoises' expressions make them look as if they're disappointed in you? Not angrily disappointed, really; just weary and slightly disgusted.
["Even as I eat this grass, you make me ashamed of you."]
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- Olivia V. Ambrogio
- Washington, DC
- Just to be clear: I don't work at the National Zoo--I just live near it. I'm originally from Detroit, most recently from Boston (where I got my Ph.D. in biology from Tufts University), and am now living in Washington, DC.
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2 comments:
They look bored with me.
This grass is a hell of a lot more interesting than you."
The first picture - yes, he/she looks like he/she is trying to lower my self esteem three notches, but the head in the second picture looks like a huge, merry clam sold in a red and white checked paper basket in P-Town. No malice.
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