Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as the saying goes. There are a moderate number of people to whom the split or extra scutes are not a problem and they will buy the animals which have them all day long; there are far more people, though, who will NEVER buy an animal that has them, because they do not want to see "imperfections" in their animals. The are a very few to whom the extra scutes add value to an animal, as you seem to be indicating is your feeling.

The majority of the people with whom I have had dealings will not pay full price for any tortoise with abnormal scutes, either extra/split ones, or fused ones.

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