It is an unusual romance, to say the least. He is made of flesh, blood and shell while she is constructed entirely out of plastic. But after years of heartache, Timmy the tortoise seems to have found some sort of comfort by teaming up with Tanya the plastic toy tortoise. Timmy, a Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni), appears to dote on Tanya night and day.
The sanctuary's owner, Joy Bloor, said: "I tried introducing him to other tortoises but they don't seem to like him and bully and fight with him. I put the plastic toy in his pen with him and now they are inseparable. He nuzzles and kisses her, moves her around and pushes lettuce towards her. He plays with her every day. If I want him to go into his hut at night time I have to put Tanya in there first, otherwise he won't go.
COMMENT: I believe you can get a similar sort of thing for human males. If you decide to purchase one please use Amazon, as I will then get commission.
Thanks to THE Soppy Sheila for sending
this story in to MadPriest Towers.
No. I won't say it, because I truly do not care. :-)
ReplyDelete(Ducks and runs!)
What are you saying? You would prefer a plastic duck? Well, it's a free world and it takes all sorts.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm sorry to hear you have the runs.
You'll get a commission? A military chaplaincy, then?
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(surprise! -- Swiss appetizers!)
A military chaplaincy, then?
ReplyDeleteDon't get ideas about ordering people around, Sir.
This is less a "Soppy Sheila" story, and more a "Guys are Guys" story. ;-/
ReplyDeleteoh you're all such cynics. I think it's a lovely story. Look at his little face. What a sweetie.
ReplyDeleteThey are jumping to conclusions, of course, when they say Tanya is a girlie. Maybe Timmy is a gay tortoise and that was why all the straight tortoises were giving him a hard time. Maybe he thinks Tanya is Ted.
Either way, it seems a very successful relationship, and no doubt there have been human marriages based on less.
Awwwwwww!
Of course, Tanya is a girlie. She's smaller than he is.
ReplyDeleteWell, but maybe Timmy just thinks Ted is shorter than he is.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, I notice you can also get a mini 100% alpaca fair trade Dolly the Sheep toy:
ReplyDeletehttp://hubpages.com/hub/ALPACA-STUFFED-ANIMALS--Cute-Little-Sheep--Dolly
The blurb says, "Dolly is an andean sheep, he loves to make new friends."
He is rather sweet.
Any lonely sheep out there reading OCICBW might like to know this.
What do you think this is - MadHarmony.com?
ReplyDeleteNow that idea sounds like a moneyspinner, Mad Priest.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if Timmy reminds me of my late-ex, or the first man that I dated after (we divorced? he died? 9-11?
ReplyDeleteTanya, wait for the one who loves you.
Well, one thing's for certain, Lynn. I'm never going to make a pass at you :-)
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