dryfj.com / drycyclist.com (kevin cook)

19/75
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Close up, I notice that the tortoise is pinkish around his mouth, and it doesn't look like part of his natural complexion

7753-tortoise.jpg The tortoise appears to see me approachingThumbnailsTortoises shouldn't be touched, but they also shouldn't be left in a rocky road where a passing car might inadvertently crush itThe tortoise appears to see me approachingThumbnailsTortoises shouldn't be touched, but they also shouldn't be left in a rocky road where a passing car might inadvertently crush itThe tortoise appears to see me approachingThumbnailsTortoises shouldn't be touched, but they also shouldn't be left in a rocky road where a passing car might inadvertently crush itThe tortoise appears to see me approachingThumbnailsTortoises shouldn't be touched, but they also shouldn't be left in a rocky road where a passing car might inadvertently crush itThe tortoise appears to see me approachingThumbnailsTortoises shouldn't be touched, but they also shouldn't be left in a rocky road where a passing car might inadvertently crush it

I know little about these animals except that they do eat flowers, so I wonder if the pink is staining from a flower eaten recently.