Kitty Flanagan on tortoise divorce - The Project

Kitty Flanagan on turtle divorce - The Project - theprojecttv.com.au
Broadcast date: 12 June 2012. Produced by Roving Enterprises (Australia). No copyright infringement intended.
After an impressive 115 years together, two giant turtles at an Austrian zoo are refusing to share their cage anymore, the Austrian Times reported Friday.
"We get the feeling they can't stand the sight of each other anymore," said Helga Happ, director of the Klagenfurt-based zoo, where the turtles -- Bibi, the female and Poldi, the male -- have lived for the last 36 years. Before that, they called Basel Zoo in Switzerland home.
According to the paper, zoo staff realized something was amiss when Bibi bit off a chunk of her partner's shell. When the attacks continued, Poldi was moved to another cage.
Animal experts even attempted couples' counseling -- feeding the turtles aphrodisiacs and encouraging them to play games together. But so far, efforts have failed to bring the shelled lovers back together.
Turtles aren't the only members of the animal kingdom known to "divorce" their partners. Studies have shown that some birds who mated successfully with a partner one year have "divorced" and moved on with another partner in successive years.

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This lady is hilarious.

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no she is not

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Turtle.. Tortoise.. turtle..!?!

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*taking chunks*

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People are making fun but I find this sad. I always thought animals were more honest and giving with love and the fact they made it this far was inspiring actually. : (
I'm still hoping they can work something out. Maybe Dr. Phil?

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the kardasian thing..

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Tortoise is not a turlte