Injured tortoise gets all-terrain roller board allowing him to go outside in the sun
Published date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:54:07 +0700
This is the moment an endangered tortoise gets to test his new all-terrain roller board in the outdoor facilities of the Zoom Erlebniswelt after joint problems left him disabled and unable to walk without assistance.
The male African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), named Helmuth, 23, who is a resident at ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen zoological adventure world in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, has been whizzing around the zoo's indoor facilities on a roller board.