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Had to get a close up of such an engaging face. View the eye as large as you can, it looks like a human eye which I've never seen with a turtle before. Learned much when researching. The sharp hard top front part of the mouth is called a beak and the long things coming down from it are tooth like and called tomiodonts. The size and length here of the tomiodonts shows that it is a male that is quite old.
Male African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)
Cathy's Critters
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com

Last week my friend Tracey & I took a baby squirrel to a rehabber. When we arrived that evening, we found a rural area that had large enclosures full of rescued and rehabbed critters from all over the world. A truly awesome place called Cathy's Critters. I only got a few shots as it was fast getting dark. This huge turtle caught my eye. I had never seen an African spurred tortoise before. Also known as a sulcata. They are native to the southern edge of the Sahara desert, in Africa. They are the third-largest species of tortoise in the world.
African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)
Cathy's Critters
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com