I am, admittedly, a turtle man from way back. Had box turtles cruising my living room until, well, for awhile. Raised a batch of turtles from pistachio size to full-grown guard turtles. Raced 'em, too -- was there when Three-Feet Pete of Joe D.'s stable won the International Federation for the Advancement of Racing Turtles (IFART) champeenship one year in Jersey. He fell out of Joe's jeep on the way over, suffering a skinned knee on his bad wheel. Was so freaked out, he'd take off running whenever we put him on the ground! Anyhoot, you get the picture. Hard-shell harmony, that's for me.