Nova Scotia’s most beloved reptile is now 100 — or close enough for a party.
Gus the gopher tortoise has been in residence at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History in Halifax since 1942. While his actual hatching day is lost to history, August seems like the right time to celebrate.
“So it’s an average time, mid-August, for when tortoises start to hatch from their eggs,” said Liz Spence, one of the museum’s curatorial staff who takes care of Gus. “But also a good time for visitors to come. So we could accommodate a lot of people for a gathering like this.”
In 1942, the
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