The Galapagos tortoise is taking his turtle power to Toledo
By Christina London ••
At 100 years old, Emerson the tortoise is ready for a lifestyle change.
The 400-plus-pound Galapagos tortoise is trading the San Diego sunshine for all four seasons in Toledo, Ohio.
“We just had a partnership with them [the Toledo Zoo], and they had room for one and they needed one,” said Jonny Carlson, reptile keeper at the San Diego Zoo.
SeaWorld
Cancer patients from Rady Children’s Hospital got the chance of a lifetime Thursday. They had Dolphin Point at SeaWorld all to themselves, where they swam with dolphins, fed them fish and did tricks with these friendly creatures. The event was led by dolphin trainer Joy Clausen-Soto, a cancer survivor herself who was also treated at Rady Children's Hospital.
SeaWorld
Cancer patients from Rady Children’s Hospital got the chance of a lifetime Thursday. They had Dolphin Point at SeaWorld all to themselves, where they swam with dolphins, fed them fish and did tricks with these friendly creatures. The event was led by dolphin trainer Joy Clausen-Soto, a cancer survivor herself who was also treated at Rady Children's Hospital.
SeaWorld
Cancer patients from Rady Children’s Hospital got the chance of a lifetime Thursday. They had Dolphin Point at SeaWorld all to themselves, where they swam with dolphins, fed them fish and did tricks with these friendly creatures. The event was led by dolphin trainer Joy Clausen-Soto, a cancer survivor herself who was also treated at Rady Children's Hospital.
SeaWorld
Cancer patients from Rady Children’s Hospital got the chance of a lifetime Thursday. They had Dolphin Point at SeaWorld all to themselves, where they swam with dolphins, fed them fish and did tricks with these friendly creatures. The event was led by dolphin trainer Joy Clausen-Soto, a cancer survivor herself who was also treated at Rady Children's Hospital.
SeaWorld
Cancer patients from Rady Children’s Hospital got the chance of a lifetime Thursday. They had Dolphin Point at SeaWorld all to themselves, where they swam with dolphins, fed them fish and did tricks with these friendly creatures. The event was led by dolphin trainer Joy Clausen-Soto, a cancer survivor herself who was also treated at Rady Children's Hospital.
SeaWorld
Cancer patients from Rady Children’s Hospital got the chance of a lifetime Thursday. They had Dolphin Point at SeaWorld all to themselves, where they swam with dolphins, fed them fish and did tricks with these friendly creatures. The event was led by dolphin trainer Joy Clausen-Soto, a cancer survivor herself who was also treated at Rady Children's Hospital.
SeaWorld
Cancer patients from Rady Children’s Hospital got the chance of a lifetime Thursday. They had Dolphin Point at SeaWorld all to themselves, where they swam with dolphins, fed them fish and did tricks with these friendly creatures. The event was led by dolphin trainer Joy Clausen-Soto, a cancer survivor herself who was also treated at Rady Children's Hospital.
SeaWorld
Cancer patients from Rady Children’s Hospital got the chance of a lifetime Thursday. They had Dolphin Point at SeaWorld all to themselves, where they swam with dolphins, fed them fish and did tricks with these friendly creatures. The event was led by dolphin trainer Joy Clausen-Soto, a cancer survivor herself who was also treated at Rady Children's Hospital.
On Wednesday, San Diego zookeepers coaxed Emerson into his crate with a trail of carrots. The tortoise landed in Ohio later that night. He spent Thursday slowly and steadily exploring his new habitat.
Emerson is Toledo’s first tortoise in three decades, but Carlson says living alone will suit him just fine.
“He is so active, and the other tortoises kind of get in his way sometimes,” Carlson said.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists Galapagos tortoises as “vulnerable” because their eggs are often eaten by other animals.
