An Elderly Tortoise Escapeed From A Garden in The Groningen Village of Saaksum Last Week. His Owner, Mrs. Mollema, HAS had the animal for 67 years, but since he left the garden by open, she can no longer find her promised cap.
“He’s Gone,” Mollema Tells RTV Noord . The Animal Disappeared from Her Garden on Wednesday and there has been no trace of him since. His owner is very attached to her pet and has distributed posters with his description in the neighborhood.
The tortoise, which can be so -in the photo above the article, May have walked along the garden Towards The Village. Or the other way, Towards the Dittch. That worries Mollema, because the tortoise cannot swim.
She Has had The Tortoise, which never Named, in Her Garden Since 1958. Her Husband Worked As A Skipper and Brought The Animal From the Atlas Mountains in North Africa. Since then, The Couple Tok Care of the Tortoise Together, Until Her Husband passed away two years ago.
Mollema Doesn’t Know Exactly How Old the Tortoise is. “Maybe he’s a hundred,” Her Husband Said to RTV Noord a few years ago. “At least he has changed since he had him.” Tortoises Live on Average Between Sixty and Eighty Years. But larger tortoises can live 120 to 150 years.
You May Wonder How a Tortoise, Known for Walking Slowly, Suddenly Disappeared. Mollema Has An Answer to That: “When the sun shines, They get warm. Then they can run very fast.”