Manuel overhears a conversation about Costa, a small Horsfield tortoise with an enormous personality and a beak that seems to arrive three minutes before the rest of him. Naturally, Manuel wasn’t listening. He just happened to be nearby.
Think you know when it’s time to hibernate your tortoise? Manuel has a few things to say first. A practical guide to preparing Mediterranean tortoises for hibernation, with some important reminders for even the most experienced keepers.
Humans have some very strange ideas about sunbathing. Manuel explains why, when you’re a tortoise, catching a few rays is considerably more important than getting a tan.
BREAKING NEWS: Scientists confirm nature has finally been updated. Version 2.0 comes with plastic grass, no bugs and almost none of that troublesome nature. Manuel investigates what humans have been up to.
Manuel has been studying humans for many years, and he’s finally worked out why they all own smartphones. Unfortunately, it seems to involve an alarming number of photographs of tortoise bottoms.
I’ve organised everything into simple lessons because humans have an extraordinary talent for making tortoise keeping far more complicated than it needs to be.”
