r/aww • u/abhitchc • 5d ago

I fed this female box tortoise some raspberries at the beginning of the summer. Now, she follows me all over the garden, and visits me almost daily looking for handouts.

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u/Nuicakes 5d ago

I'm imagining a creep* of tortoises waiting in the yard chanting "All Hail abhitchc!"

  • a group of tortoises is called a creep.

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u/abhitchc 5d ago

https://preview.redd.it/y2mn32wl0s8d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7012494d80f15cae0151b5f719b54e1df90da31

I have caught her doing the dirty, so she will at least have children to tell tales of the fruit God.

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u/Nuicakes 5d ago

NSFW

I love it! I guess you really are their god of fertility and food.

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u/abhitchc 5d ago

Haha

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u/Mistdwellerr 5d ago

If I remember correctly, Demeter is the goddess of fertility and harvest... Would you have any Greek ancestry OP? xD

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u/abhitchc 5d ago

I’ve been told I look Greek, but the DNA test says otherwise.