a tortoise being put in a box in preparation for hibernation in the autumn.

---

Picture By Jim Wileman 06/10/2009 The Tortoise Garden near St. Austell, Cornwall, owned by Joy Gardiner, who has had some of her tortoises stolen.

---

Size: 5260px × 3500px
Location: cornwall
Photo credit: © Jim Wileman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, crawl, fast, hibernate, hibernation, race, reptile, shell, slow, slowly, speed, speedy, tortoise