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Tortoise comes to aid of overturned tortoise
With a single herculean push, a large tortoise at the Taipei Zoo managed to flip over its helpless companion, with visiting children cheering its every move
December 16, 2014 by Pete Thomas
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Tortoise, left, rescues another tortoise after it had been flipped over. Video screen grab
Imagine being a tortoise and somehow finding yourself upside down, on your back, unable to flip yourself over to get back on your feet.
Such a plight befell one tortoise recently in front of a group of schoolchildren at the Taipei Zoo. There the large reptile rested, on its shell, with its stout legs facing skyward, as helpless as a critter can be.
But then something remarkable happened. The accompanying footage, which was captured three weeks ago but began to circulate widely on the Internet this week, shows a second tortoise investigating the situation briefly before playing the hero.
The tortoise companion ultimately positioned itself in a way to get the best leverage, with the kids cheering its every move, and with a single a herculean push, it flipped the overturned tortoise back onto its feet.
Both reptiles the wandered off as if this were no big deal.
The video was uploaded by a YouTube user named AuDi Yu, who was visiting the zoo with his daughter. “The smart companion has saved it,” reads part of the title.
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/outposts/post/tortoise-comes-to-aid-of-overturned-tortoise/
With a single herculean push, a large tortoise at the Taipei Zoo managed to flip over its helpless companion, with visiting children cheering its every move
December 16, 2014 by Pete Thomas
tortoise
Tortoise, left, rescues another tortoise after it had been flipped over. Video screen grab
Imagine being a tortoise and somehow finding yourself upside down, on your back, unable to flip yourself over to get back on your feet.
Such a plight befell one tortoise recently in front of a group of schoolchildren at the Taipei Zoo. There the large reptile rested, on its shell, with its stout legs facing skyward, as helpless as a critter can be.
But then something remarkable happened. The accompanying footage, which was captured three weeks ago but began to circulate widely on the Internet this week, shows a second tortoise investigating the situation briefly before playing the hero.
The tortoise companion ultimately positioned itself in a way to get the best leverage, with the kids cheering its every move, and with a single a herculean push, it flipped the overturned tortoise back onto its feet.
Both reptiles the wandered off as if this were no big deal.
The video was uploaded by a YouTube user named AuDi Yu, who was visiting the zoo with his daughter. “The smart companion has saved it,” reads part of the title.
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/outposts/post/tortoise-comes-to-aid-of-overturned-tortoise/
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