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The tortoise and the melon

July 16, 2010 5:58 PM

A group of students from the Dancing Dogs Yoga Nature Camp look as Mr. T, an 80-pound African spur thigh tortoise, enjoys some watermelon Friday afternoon near the Beaufort Town Center. The tortoise was brought in along with a variety of other reptiles as part of the camp's nature lessons. — A group of students from the Dancing Dogs Yoga Nature Camp look as Mr. T, an 80-pound African spur thigh tortoise, enjoys some watermelon Friday afternoon near the Beaufort Town Center. The tortoise was brought in along with a variety of other reptiles as part of the camp's nature lessons. JONATHAN DYER | The Beaufort Gazette

Students participating in a local camp in Beaufort were able to check out a huge tortoise Friday as part of their nature studies.

This story was originally published July 16, 2010 at 5:58 PM with the headline "The tortoise and the melon."