Pompeii: Ancient pregnant tortoise surprises archaeologists

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61931172

presumably the hare escaped......

[Duncan Head]

I imagine that the tortoise was surprised as well.

[Imperial Dave]

furious I would imagine

[Nick Harbud]

"Did the Earth move for you, darling?"

[Imperial Dave]

'oh no, not again....'

[DBS]

As the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett once observed, "There's good eating on a tortoise but, considering the effort involved, there's much better eating on practically anything else."

[Imperial Dave]

indeed and actually quite true