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RE: housing with Ledge/ drop-off

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Posted by: bradtort at Thu Jul 24 13:14:00 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bradtort ]  
   

I haven't tried it with a russian, but I once let a box turtle walk around on the edge of a concrete patio with a 6" drop off.

He would walk to the edge, look over, move away, and then run as fast as he could and dive off. He did this more than once.

I didn't understand his motivation.


   

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