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February 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Bugsy survived by eating foliage and hibernating through mild early winter
- He has rust on his shell from his time trapped in the wire fence
By
Graham Smith
Last updated at 6:13 PM on 8th February 2012
A family were stunned when they found their missing tortoise alive five months after it went missing – stuck in a wire fence.
Bugsy, a Hermann’s tortoise, made a bid for freedom when he fled from his hutch in West Wickham, Cambridgeshire, last July.
But he only managed to cover a quarter of a mile before becoming trapped.
He survived by eating the foliage close to him and then hibernating through the mild start to winter.
Safe and sound: Bugsy is reunited with a delighted Mae Cameron after he went missing for five months – only to be found stuck in a wire fence near the family home in West Wickham, Cambridgeshire
The Cameron family – surgeon Malcolm,
43, Lucy, 43, Eve, 13, Charlie, 11 and Mae, seven – believe their
beloved pet was stuck in the fence for nearly all of the five months he
was missing.
They had given
up hope of ever finding him when he was spotted rustling in the
undergrowth by a friend of the family – coincidentally called Shelly –
in December.
Mrs Cameron said: ‘We were just so delighted when he returned we could not believe it. We thought he had been stolen or had been killed.
‘It is just lucky we had a mild winter up to that point. If he was still there during this current cold patch he would have died.
‘I think he must have been stuck there for the majority of the time he went missing its truly amazing he managed to survive.
‘If he had not been stuck he would have dug into the ground to hibernate in September.’
Home at last: Bugsy poses for a photo with (from left) Mae, Eve, mother Lucy, and Charlie
Much loved: The Camerons had given up hope of ever finding Bugsy when he was spotted rustling in the undergrowth by a friend of the family
She added: ‘Tortoises
can also survive a long time without eating especially if the weather
is mild because it helps to slow their metabolism right down. He was
really undernourished and underweight when he was brought home.
‘He had rust on his shell and the neighbours said he was stuck in tight so I think he must have been there a long time.
‘He is now under heat lamps to get his temperature up and has put on some weight.’
Tortoise
experts today said it is possible for the animals to hibernate in a
variety of different environments and it was likely Bugsy had been
helped by the mild weather at the start of winter.
A spokesman for Arbury Road Vets in Suffolk said: ‘Tortoises can hibernate in different ways. Some people put them in the fridge, as the optimum temperature for them in hibernation is five degrees.
‘Left to their own devices they tend to bury themselves.
‘Keeping the tortoise awake and warm now is the best thing to do as it is unlikely it would sleep for long.
‘The minimum time they should hibernate is six to eight weeks – the maximum about four months.’
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Man sees a tortoise outside his front door, picks it up and throws it as far as he could to the wide field in front of his house. 6 months later, man opens his door and same tortoise on his front porch .Toirtoise says: “What was that all about ?”. (Aaahh.. if they could only talk.)
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The council should make them inject a GPS homing device into its belly so it wont get lost again.
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I have had my tortoise, Humphrey, for 35 years. Hes about 70. He has never hibernated, he just lives in the house with us in the winter, and lives in the garden with the chickens during the summer. Hes a great guy and I wouldnt be without him I would be devastated if he ever went missing and im so glad this little girl has got her pet back. All being well, she will still have him when she is in her 60s.
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Quote – “Well that’s probably a first. Glad she got her turtle back. – STEELER GIRL, Toronto_______________ Tortoise.
– Mark Wilson, Norwich, 08/2/2012 21:10”
In Canada and the States, they are called “Turtles”, as in “Land Turles”.
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‘The minimum time they should hibernate is six to eight weeks – the maximum about four months.’
Well ours usually goes down around the end of September and doesn’t wake again until March – it certainly doesn’t seem to be doing her any harm as my wife has had her for nearly forty years and when she got her, the vet estimated her age at a minimum of sixty!
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Ah, bless him, they are such endearing creatures!
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They didn’t look for it very thoroughly did they? Don’t deserve to have a tortoise. I hope they look after it better now they’ve got it back.
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Well that’s probably a first. Glad she got her turtle back. – STEELER GIRL, Toronto_______________ Tortoise.
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Well that’s probably a first. Glad she got her turtle back.
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