Life Changing events where were you this Sunday?

It's true the world has changed for Ashley and I as we are now the (proud?) owners of two baby turtles. What this really means is that I finally cleaned out the tank, including the dead goldfish carcass which was the last occupant... for about a year. As I'm currently still poor the turtles just have a few logs to play with, though they may be getting a ping pong ball soon. Oh and just so you know their names are Giblet and Feta. Giblet is the larger of the two and is supposed to be a pastel something. Feta is a razorback... something and is much more active. Lets see if you can geuss which turtle takes after who?

Feta trying to look annoyed that I'm taking pictures again

Giblet chilling on the log

Feta looking all dramatic

Giblets favorite thing to do... Yoga! No seriously he sleeps like that.

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State of the Cup

Well...I don't really know how this will all pan out. Day one was very fun, and if anything I'll cherish your posts. But I have a feeling we'll squeeze more time out of this blog...

I like the "In the Cup" title...i'll see what I can do about changing the URL to reflect the name.

I had a good laugh reading your posts this morning, so keep it up =)

What I learned today, part II : You too can fondle tortoises!

The other tidbit of information I found was an article about the recovery of Galapagos tortoises. Many of the species almost went extinct because sailors were eating them (Ron says "they weren't doin' it enough; he's an expert in the field"...) and then people introduced goats that ate all their food, and rats that ate their babies. Anyway, most of them are doing a lot better now.

The Pinta island species only has one known survivor named Lonesome George (although they think they may have found some hybrids), who they have apparently been trying to breed with similar tortoises, but he doesn't want to hump anything... The highlight (if that's the right term) of the article is this:

In 1994, Cayot learned a sperm-retrieval technique from a German zoo veterinarian and taught a Swiss volunteer how to fondle a rather ticklish George. "She could get the other tortoises to ejaculate in 15 minutes," Cayot recalls. "We worked with George for months and got nothing." http://sciencenews.org/articles/20071110/bob9.asp

And you thought your job was bad...

Isn't he cute?