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Scilly Isles RockThe Tortoise Rock, a strange natural rock formation at St. Mary s, Scilly Isles. Date: 1930s
Head of Giant TortoiseThe wrinkly old face of a giant tortoise. Date: 1960s
Giant TortoiseA giant spurred tortoise. Date: April 1977
Radio-Control TortoiseA testing time for Toddle the tortoise. The aerial picks up a signal and makes the arm holding the lettuce (and Toddle!) swing left or right. Date: 1960s
Little & Large TortoisesA giant tortoise with her young, or a much smaller cousin. Date: 1960s
Giant TortoisesGiant tortoises. Date: 1960s
Varieties of fish (Pisces), namely: prickly ophidium, spotted sea serpent, chain striped Muroena, Pegasus draconis, conger eel, ostracion quadricornis, perca vittata, perca lucioperca (perch)
Stele-carrying turtle - Ming Tombs Nanjing, ChinaStele-carrying turtle at the Ming Dynasty Tombs Nanjing, China Date: circa 1910s
Hare and the TortoiseTHE HARE AND THE TORTOISE Date: Circa 1880
Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Green TurtleGreen Turtle - Swallow Hall, Tortoise Park. Aptly named, this large, well fed man stands holding his collar and casting the shadow of a Turtle or Tortoise
Origin Species, CH Bennett, Money saver - tortoiseSlow and sure. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of money saver from a tortoise. A stout old gentleman, patient, industrious, conscious of the true value of money
Fable - The Tortoise and the HareThe complacent hare takes a nap under a tree while the Tortoise romps home in this cautionary tale advocating the slow and steady over the fast and flippant. Illustration by Malcolm Greensmith
Unselfishness / W H RobinsonIn the new world even a tortoise can count on the kind of courtesy formally reserved for rich aunts. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)
Siblings playing with toys near the fireA sister and brother playing with their playing with their toys in front of the fire. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard
The smallest tortoise and the Largest tortoise in the New YoThe smallest Albemarble Island specimen in the New York zoological park, weighing 3 3/4oz, perched on the head of the largest Galapagos tortoise in the park
Giant Tortoise at London Zoo, 1936Photograph of a Bauers Saddleback Tortoise at London Zoo, 1936
Various LizardsA Tortoise, a Crocodile, a Lizard and a Salamander
Three Cats Drink MilkThree cats (a Siamese, a persian and a tabby) drink milk from a bowl on a table while a tortoise shell cat looks on from a nearby chair
Tortoise & Rope EdgingA tortoise climbing over some rope edging onto a lawn
Tortoise and HareThe Hare and The Tortoise and The Hare and The Frogs
Myth of UrashimaThe legend of Urashima Taro, a humble fisher-lad, resembles that of Rip van Winkle : he is carried by a tortoise to the Dragons Palace where he lives with the Princess for ages
Bulgaria and GermanyBulgaria enters the war on the side of Germany; but when she is faced with reality, she finds she is a tortoise, not an eagle (cartoon based on old fable of eagle and tortoise)
Iraq / Archaeology / LagashA fragment of a siege stele, depicting the suppression of Umma by the forces of Lagash
Roman Testudo / SiegesThe TESTUDO (tortoise), a Roman siege technique using overlapping shields, giving protection from arrows and boiling oil, and serving as a platform to raise attackers
Myth / Tibet / MonkeyTHE TORTOISE & THE MONKEY Although the monkey showed him kindness, the ungrateful tortoise still tried to trick him into sacrificing his heart to save the tortoises wife
Tortoise & Two DucksTHE TORTOISE & TWO DUCKS A tortoise wishing to travel is flown by grasping a stick in its mouth, supported by two ducks; the foolish tortoise speaks and plummets to earth
A TORTOISEA tortoise
Car Startles Horse 1900The hare and the tortoise retold - the hare wins A speeding car startles a horse and cart
Si Wang-MouSI WANG-MOU the Golden Mother of the Tortoise, the female creative force of the Universe
Tortoise TalismanTORTOISE TALISMAN valued in the Far East as a protection against hostile magic