The Greek Tortoise

Our weekly shell this week is the Greek Tortoise.

• Comes from Turkey
• Native to Southern Spain, North Africa, and Eastern Europe
• Can grow from 6 to 7 inches
• Can live up to 50 years and older
• Diet high in fiber and calcium and low in protein and fat

Tristan is a greek tortoise. He looks like the tortoise on the right(brown greek tortoise). All these facts are true, but one I just learned about is that Greek tortoises not greek. They are called greek because of the pattern on their shell.