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Turtle Kept in Darkness on a Diet of Cat Food, Feels the Sun for the First Time in 50 Years
A wild eastern box turtle who was kept as a pet for decades has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her ...
After 50 years of neglect, a rescued turtle finally sees the sun
Rockalina the eastern box turtle had never ventured outdoors since 1977 — now she’s healing and getting to feel grass beneath ...
‘Dehydration, curled up feet’: Turtle kept in New Jersey home on cat food sees sun for the first time in 50 years. Watch
The story of a turtle seeing sunlight for the first time after almost 50 years has left social media emotional. The wild eastern box turtle, kept inside a New Jersey home for decades, developed ...
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Looking Back on the L.A. Wildfires Through the Lens of Two Photographers
As wildfire becomes an increasingly lethal force that’s remaking broad swaths of California, people and animals alike are in ...
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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile ...
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Turtle tries to catch cat’s tail from aquarium tank in Beijing
On April 16, 2025, in Beijing, China, a turtle was seen trying to catch a cat’s tail that was hanging near its aquarium tank.
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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
She remained on a slick kitchen floor, eating cat food ... says the back leg they worried about is undersized, but mending. She'll never look exactly like a wild eastern box turtle, her beak ...