BATON ROUGE, La. — Do you want to spend several minutes of your day gazing at photos of a turtle in a wheelchair? Well, do we have the story for you. This fine specimen is Pedro the handicapp… ...

This fine specimen is Pedro the handicapable turtle, a patient of Louisiana State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Baton Rouge. When Pedro was adopted, he was already missing one ...

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Pedro the turtle lost both his back legs after running away from home. Veterinarians at Louisiana State University were able to fashion a working -- though unconventional -- solution for him.

Do you want to spend several minutes of your day gazing at photos of a turtle in a wheelchair? Well, do we have the story for you. This fine specimen is Pedro the handicapable turtle, a patient of … ...

A zoological intern at the hospital picked up a Lego car kit, and using some syringe parts and animal-safe epoxy, vets MacGyvered a sweet little rig for Pedro's caboose.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Do you want to spend several minutes of your day gazing at photos of a turtle in a wheelchair? Well, do we have the story for you. This fine specimen is Pedro the handicapa… ...

This fine specimen is Pedro the handicapable turtle, a patient of Louisiana State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Baton Rouge. When Pedro was […] ...

This fine specimen is Pedro the handicapable turtle, a patient of Louisiana State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Baton Rouge. When Pedro was adopted, he was ...