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During these same years, he published several new collections of poetry, namely Tortoises (1921) and Birds, Beasts, and Flowers (1923).
D. H. Lawrence greenintegerblog 2008
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Out of the 7000 turtles in the container, only 64 were Giant Asian Forest Tortoises.
Arthur Rosenfeld: Saving a Living Treasure of Asia Arthur Rosenfeld 2011
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The Tortoises and the Hares Using a sampling of some of the top golfers at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, here are the fastest and slowest players on the fairways and on the putting green based on the number of seconds that passed from when they step to ball to when they hit.
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Tortoises don't really like that kind of attention.
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Tortoises now very expensive and come with certificates and all sorts these days, so much less common in the average garden than they used to be.
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You can learn more about the Galapagos Tortoises at the San Diego Zoo's website and tortoise blog.
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"Tortoises have begun to play their role as ecosystem engineers," said Tapia, leader of the island survey.
Galápagos giant tortoise saved from extinction by breeding programme 2010
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You can learn more about the Galapagos Tortoises at the San Diego Zoo's website and tortoise blog.
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Tortoises now very expensive and come with certificates and all sorts these days, so much less common in the average garden than they used to be.
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Tortoises now very expensive and come with certificates and all sorts these days, so much less common in the average garden than they used to be.
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