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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile ...
Turtle Kept in Darkness on a Diet of Cat Food, Feels the Sun for the First Time in 50 Years
An eastern box turtle kept as a pet has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun ...
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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
Rockalina the eastern box turtle when she was first rescued by ... But their numbers have dwindled, thanks to habitat loss, vehicle strikes and people taking them in as pets, according to the ...