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Well my old record of 3 Tortoises found in one day fell on Saturday, now its 5, this one might take a while to beat, Take Care. Martin
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D)) Too Cool!!

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Terrific!
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Five in one day?! I've seen two in my life!
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Yeah this new area we found is loaded with Cacti and Reptiles, we found two more tortoises yesterday and a few more reptiles. I also found this ferocactus wislizeni with 18 heads, and a Sm Stenocereus thurberi way out of its range. Martin
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Found two more tortoises today, that's a total of 11 in two and a half weeks.
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