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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Owners Claim Tortoise Found Strolling in Suburb
2014-08-05
[An Nahar] A giant tortoise found ambling down a street in suburban Los Angeles has been reunited with its owners.

The Alhambra Police Department says a local family claimed the 150-pound reptile named Clark on Sunday, a day after it was spotted strolling on the street.

It took two officers to heft the creature into a patrol car so they could turn it over to animal control authorities.

The department posted photos of Clark on its Facebook page in hopes of finding the owner and cracked a "Tortoise and Hare" joke about officers capturing the reptile after a brief pursuit.

No word yet on how far the tortoise had gone from home when it was caught.

A call to a police front man wasn't immediately returned.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Were they on Segways?

No, 'Rascals'.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2014-08-05 22:53  

#4  One of the officers named Achilles?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-08-05 21:10  

#3  cracked a "Tortoise and Hare" joke about officers capturing the reptile after a brief pursuit

Were they on Segways?
Posted by: Pappy   2014-08-05 21:00  

#2  It ran away.
Posted by: gorb   2014-08-05 01:23  

#1  Clark is perfectly named somehow.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-08-05 01:22  

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