LOUISIANA (CNN) – A box turtle that lost two legs is now on a roll. Veterinary students and interns at Louisiana State University improvised to help make Pedro mobile again. Sandra Traylor ...

LOUISIANA (CNN) – A box turtle that lost two legs is now on a roll. Veterinary students and interns at Louisiana State University improvised to help make Pedro mobile again.

whereas land turtles and tortoises have rounded legs for load bearing while walking.” The ART taking a little swim. Courtesy of the lab of Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio. The act of going back and ...

When Pedro was adopted, he was already missing one hind leg. He recently ran away for a few months, and when he returned home, the prodigal box turtle had somehow managed to lose the other one.

BATON ROUGE, La. - When Pedro the turtle was adopted by his owners, he was already missing one of his back legs. But after a recent escape from his outdoor enclosure, he came back home missing the ...