Yellow-footed Tortoise Chester Zoo 9 April 2003

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  bongorob

• 24 Feb 2008

A Yellow-footed (Chelonoidas denticulata) Tortoise was on its back, which seemed to worry the watching visitors more than it did the tortoise. He (or she) was back on his (or her) feet within a few minutes.

 

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  Writhedhornbill

• 24 Feb 2008

Is that in the tortoise house where the current Okapi paddock is now?

 

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  CZJimmy

• 24 Feb 2008

Hornbill, 2003 should mean it would be in the tropical realm...

I may be wrong though...

 

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  bongorob

• 24 Feb 2008

CZJimmy is right. It was in the corridor which is now closed.

The other tortoise house was built in 1976 for a pair of African Spurred Tortoises.

 

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  Writhedhornbill

• 24 Feb 2008

What is kept in that closed off corridor now?

 

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  bongorob

• 24 Feb 2008

Someone posted on the forum that it was no longer in use I think.

 

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  CZJimmy

• 24 Feb 2008

I thought it was used as extra off-show vivariums?

 

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  bongorob

• 24 Feb 2008

I don't know, that's what I thought too, but I'm sure I saw someone said it was closed completely.

 

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  zoogiraffe

• 13 Apr 2008

Its completly out of use due to a problem keeping the exhibits at a constant temperature.