We’ve all heard some version of Aesop’s fable of the hare and the tortoise. It was written to pass on this simple message: Pragmatic plodding wins the race. Unfortunately, this lesson seems to be lost on most large companies trying to innovate today. The “need for speed” seems to be trumping common sense.
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- 397 tortoises seized at Foulkspeta forest range
Rampachodavaram: Foulkspeta forest range officials on Saturday seized 397 tortoises near Suddagommu village of Rampachodavaram of Alluri Sitarama Raju district. The divisional forest officer ...
06/15/2024 - 9:41 am | View Link - 1950: Bristol's robot tortoises
Bristol's robot tortoises have minds of their own. Grey Walter’s nature-inspired 'tortoise' was the world’s first mobile, autonomous robot. But will machines ever really be able to think?
06/14/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link - Under the shell in Wrangell’s yards
Atlas walks around her fairly large pen in Charity Hommel's living room. Circular windows embedded in the plywood allow the sulcata tortoise to peer out into the living space beyond her own quarters.
06/13/2024 - 11:51 am | View Link - Texas tortoises and Texas horned lizards are dwindling – but there are ways to help
The Texas tortoise and the Texas horned lizard are both considered threatened by the state. Scientists trying to help face a big challenge in their research: trying to find them, as both animals can ...
06/12/2024 - 9:22 am | View Link - ‘Intro to Gopher Tortoises’ program canceled, tortoise passes
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - The South Georgia Regional Library (SGRL) announced that the ‘Intro to Gopher Tortoises’ program has been canceled. In a Facebook post, they shared on Tuesday, June 11, that the ...
06/11/2024 - 6:23 am | View Link - More
- Tortoise
Tortoises are cold-blooded, or ectothermic, animals with high-domed shells, or carapaces. The only species with a flat shell is the pancake tortoise, Malachochersus tornieri. Like most turtles, they can retract their heads and necks into their shells for protection.
06/14/2024 - 7:35 am | View Website - What’s the Difference Between a Turtle and a Tortoise?
Well, actually, there’s a meaningful difference between tortoises and other turtles. All tortoises are in fact turtles—that is, they belong to the order Testudines or Chelonia, reptiles having bodies encased in a bony shell—but not all turtles are tortoises.
06/13/2024 - 10:43 am | View Website - Tortoise
Tortoises (/ ˈ t ɔːr. t ə s. ɪ z /) are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise"). Like other turtles, tortoises have a shell to protect from predation and other threats.
06/13/2024 - 10:14 am | View Website - Tortoise
Tortoises are terrestrial reptiles that are part of the turtle family. Unlike the other members of the turtle family, tortoises cannot swim! These land dwelling creatures have tough claws for digging instead of the webbed feet of other turtles. Read on to learn about the tortoise.
06/13/2024 - 5:06 am | View Website - Tortoise | Habitat, Diet, Lifespan | Britannica
Tortoise, (family Testudinidae), any member of the turtle family Testudinidae. Formerly, the term tortoise was used to refer to any terrestrial turtle. The testudinids are easily recognized because all share a unique hind-limb anatomy made up of elephantine (or cylindrical) hind limbs and hind.
06/13/2024 - 2:00 am | View Website - More
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