8/26/2005: Tortoise gets fiberglass replacement belly

Undertoad · 08-26-2005, 08:42 AM

This tortoise is named Cactus, 40 years old, living at the San Francisco zoo. Ten years ago it was discovered that he had bladder stones; last year, he was doing poorly, and an xray showed that the stones finally had to be removed.

They removed one stone the size of a baseball, and three the size of golf balls. Those stones took up a pound of the guy's ten pounds of weight. And there's how they patched him up afterwards.

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08-26-2005, 08:42 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	8/26/2005: Tortoise gets fiberglass replacement belly This tortoise is named Cactus, 40 years old, living at the San Francisco zoo. Ten years ago it was discovered that he had bladder stones; last year, he was doing poorly, and an xray showed that the stones finally had to be removed. They removed one stone the size of a baseball, and three the size of golf balls. Those stones took up a pound of the guy's ten pounds of weight. And there's how they patched him up afterwards. full story

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