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Desert Tortoise Visits First Grade

Kirk "Rey Feo XLIX" visited the first grade students bringing with him a desert tortoise. He has
had this tortoise for 25 years and this is the first time he has ever brought it to a school. The first graders
were thrilled and were surprised to discover that the desert tortoise can live for two hundred years. They
are studying the desert and learned that the tortoise eats fruits and vegetables.


 

Credits:
Background: http://www.jqjacobs.net/rock_art/image_links.html
Tortoise picture: http://gocalifornia.about.com/bl_azphxzphoto_tort.htm