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Notes from an ex-tortoise officer

Beatrix Arnold recalls past concerns for the racers’ welfare

New College tortoise, ‘Tessa’, actually male

After an eventful trip to the vets, it was discovered by New College students that Tessa the tortoise is in fact male. Not only that, but he is anywhere up to 40 years older than the students initially thought. 

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