Updated: 9:04 PM PDT August 2, 2021
WILSONVILLE, Ore. The Wilsonville Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a missing tortoise whose brother misses him.
Well, it’s actually unclear whether or not tortoises can miss one another. However, Walter, the 30-year-old, 25-pound, sulcata tortoise did walk out of the Critter Cabana on July 9 around 1:15 p.m. It’s not uncommon for Walter to crawl out of the store, according to a press release from Wilsonville police. Walter is described as “surprisingly fast and smart.”
If you’re asking yourself, ‘How could a tortoise escape without anyone noticing what must surely be a slow exit,’ rest assured, according to Serenity Animal Farm, sulcata tortoises can run (walk, or perhaps shuffle?) up to a whopping 1 mile per hour.