The 2000 year old pregnant Tortoise of Pompeii

OK it doesn't look all that healthy but 2000 years man !


The continuing digs at Pompeii have revealed a pregnant tortoise who it's believed was sheltering in an already destroyed binding when the volcano struck.

Archaeologists found the remains while excavating an area of the city that its ancient inhabitants had been rebuilding after an earlier earthquake devastated Pompeii in 62 AD.

Around 2,000 years ago the 14cm (5.5 inch) tortoise had burrowed into a tiny underground lair beneath a shop destroyed in that earlier quake.

Experts say the fact it was found with an egg suggests it was killed while trying to find somewhere peaceful to lay its offspring.
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We probably know more about Pompeii these days than the people who lived there in those days.