Famous tortoises "break up" after 90 some years together
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40230)
United States
June 25, 2019 4:47pm CST
This is normally the type of thing I post around Valentine's Day, but when I saw this article I couldn't resist sharing it.
The article which I'll like to below features a story about to Galapagos Tortises named Bibi and Poldi who spent 90 something years together. Until, they didn't. The zookeepers separated the pair, fearing they would fight and seriously injure each other.
Attempts have been made to reconcile the two, but all attempts have failed and the 2 now live in separate enclosures.
I wonder what got to Bibi (the aggressor) after 90 odd years? Did Poldi chew with his mouth open? Hog the TV remote? lol.
Perhaps more likely - the article says that Galapagos Tortises aren't usually known to pair up for great lengths of time, so maybe it just took Bibi and Poldi longer to realize this fact.
On all accounts I think the tortises are oddly cute and I'm happy that they are healthy
Photo:Pixabay
Article:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tortoise-breakup-bibi-and-poldi
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
30 Jun 19
Aw for some reason this is very sad to me.
haha
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
30 Jun 19
@FayeHazel Do we ever know what happened even in humans LOL
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
30 Jun 19
Is sort of sad. I wonder what happened
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
30 Jun 19
@TiarasOceanView Good point. "He said, she said" In the end I don't even know if the parties involved know what happened
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@JudyEv (382357)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jun 19
@FayeHazel I just noticed you have a spelling mistake in the title.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Jun 19
It's a pity. After so long I wonder what irritated them so much
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
27 Jun 19
@FayeHazel Good morning and yes they are cute
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Jun 19
Maybe it was just too much togetherness. lol. True, at least they are both safe
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@erictsuma (9725)
• Mombasa, Kenya
1 Jul 19
I didn't no even tortoise could have break up.
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@snowy22315 (209080)
• United States
25 Jun 19
I guess one of them just chewed with their mouth open one too many time..
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 Jun 19
I don`t know much about tortoises.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Jun 19
Me either, at least, not much more than the article mentioned ;-)
