Her name is Shelly

She’s a Sulcata Tortoise (African Spurred Tortoise).  Endemic to the transition zone at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in North Africa.

A rescue, housed at the birding and nature center on South Padre Island.  They have several of them there.  They’re solitary animals, so they keep them separated.

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