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Red Footed Tortoise - LP Zoo

We red footed tortoises do

Like to lounge about in the sand

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.

We find the rest spells to be grand.

When we do get the urge to move,

We do so quite slowly no doubt,

Putting each red foot in the groove

Carefully, not to wear us out.

When one of us decides to go,

The rest of us follow so that

We don't miss something, doncha know,

Happening in the habitat.

This slow pace of life is good for

Long living thirty years or more.