Bert

Here is Bert, the yellow-footed tortoise, at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. I volunteered there for three years before I moved to Arkansas.

Bert was an unwanted and mistreated pet before she found her way to the Academy in the 1970's. She used to have a hole in her shell from her old owners, but it has since healed and is now almost completely gone. Bert's a real sweetie - she loves having free roam of the reptile room and biting shoes and shoelaces for fun.