tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post407428604648264945..comments2023-10-29T03:14:42.566-07:00Comments on Mammoth Lakes Daily Photo: The Galapagos Coup de Gras!!!TheChieftesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153059825142977202noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-4683159224301267322011-12-16T23:35:24.035-08:002011-12-16T23:35:24.035-08:00I remember seeing these guys in the SD zoo too...t...I remember seeing these guys in the SD zoo too...though I can't say I ever rode one PA!!! I understand the turtle as a talisman...but the cockroach too???TheChieftesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153059825142977202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-92213057096237796872011-12-16T19:37:17.682-08:002011-12-16T19:37:17.682-08:00Thanks for the turtle alert. The turtle and the co...Thanks for the turtle alert. The turtle and the cockroach are my personal talismam. <br /><br />I remember as a kid the San Diego zoo use to keep these guys in the petting zoo and you could ride them. Considering their long life span - they're probably the same guysPasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-46419326036220173402011-12-15T09:26:47.548-08:002011-12-15T09:26:47.548-08:00He was definitely a BIG boy Virginia!!!
These big...He was definitely a BIG boy Virginia!!!<br /><br />These big guys were a bit big for Kelly's ice hockey games, Trish!!!TheChieftesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153059825142977202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-16023893356082014642011-12-15T09:16:09.242-08:002011-12-15T09:16:09.242-08:00frozen and on their backs...no matter the size, th...frozen and on their backs...no matter the size, they make good hockey pucks! ;-) maybe LARGE hockey pucks, but they zip about pretty well on ice...not that I'd know anything about such things...Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12388261083998643091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-53848178451155061422011-12-14T21:41:28.823-08:002011-12-14T21:41:28.823-08:00WEll finally I get to see the big boy, and I'm...WEll finally I get to see the big boy, and I'm not talking about da Chief! :)<br />VVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01152464973355194995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-80787604677560242432011-12-14T10:24:23.082-08:002011-12-14T10:24:23.082-08:00Uh...not this one Trish!!! Kelly'd have a har...Uh...not this one Trish!!! Kelly'd have a hard time trying to play with one of these!!! They'd be more like one of the rocks in the back forty!!!TheChieftesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153059825142977202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-34279572949690444982011-12-14T10:00:27.983-08:002011-12-14T10:00:27.983-08:00I suspect, in the snow, Kelly could have used the ...I suspect, in the snow, Kelly could have used the tort merely as a hockey puck...that occasionally popped a head out to nip!Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12388261083998643091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-64513643157361659252011-12-14T09:58:18.398-08:002011-12-14T09:58:18.398-08:00That they are Steffe!!!That they are Steffe!!!TheChieftesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153059825142977202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-53354988537036387682011-12-14T02:05:27.853-08:002011-12-14T02:05:27.853-08:00Impressive animals they are.Impressive animals they are.Stefan Janssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542072508543147268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-86711260488274234432011-12-13T21:37:29.798-08:002011-12-13T21:37:29.798-08:00Ya gotta watch your step around those big 'uns...Ya gotta watch your step around those big 'uns!!!TheChieftesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153059825142977202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-24429080478638343212011-12-13T21:07:33.787-08:002011-12-13T21:07:33.787-08:00They poop a lot too.They poop a lot too.dbdubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08462665006132459258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-71885693121714615922011-12-13T20:56:57.900-08:002011-12-13T20:56:57.900-08:00Absolutely Hiker!!! And it's a good thing the...Absolutely Hiker!!! And it's a good thing they're amorous... all the better to re-populate the species!!!TheChieftesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153059825142977202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-8555689417207452062011-12-13T16:22:00.560-08:002011-12-13T16:22:00.560-08:00Haha. And you can't leave Pisa without a pictu...Haha. And you can't leave Pisa without a picture next to the Tower.<br /><br />I've seen these chaps and chappesses at the San Diego Zoo, and they were constantly engaged in one single activity that I can only politely describe as amorous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-12862751113296379392011-12-13T13:53:55.829-08:002011-12-13T13:53:55.829-08:00Kelly would have been intrigued Trish...I'm no...Kelly would have been intrigued Trish...I'm not so sure the tortoise would have liked Kelly though...or the snow!!!<br /><br />Thanks LadyFi!!! They were really cool...we saw about 18 of them in "the wild" which was actually an area behind a small ranch that is open and the tortoise are free to roam where ever...TheChieftesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153059825142977202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-55798980272064461692011-12-13T08:25:18.730-08:002011-12-13T08:25:18.730-08:00Wow - what a cool giant tortoise!Wow - what a cool giant tortoise!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652735961113162534.post-20962743958190127402011-12-13T08:02:42.600-08:002011-12-13T08:02:42.600-08:00looks like you had a fabulous time!
Am sure Kell...looks like you had a fabulous time! <br /><br />Am sure Kelly is happy you didn't bring home that tortoise as yet another pet for around the house!Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12388261083998643091noreply@blogger.com