Originally published at: Congrats to tortoise couple Mr. and Mrs. Pickles on the arrival of their three hatchlings, Dill, Gherkin, and Jalapeño | Boing Boing
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Good names all around
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They’ve been taking it slow, I see. 
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The geriatric tortoise couple has officially made my day.
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But they aren’t geriatric for tortoises! They are maybe middle aged.
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a jalapeño is not a pickle. they should have gone with cornichon.
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When I was in Madagascar, I met some Geochelone Astrochelys radiata which were in the process of saving their species. It was a sight - and sound - to behold. I have yet to meet any other living being so enthusiastic about about their sexual intercourse. Hedgehogs are also remarkable in that departement, but tortoises are extraordinary.
On a sad note, I also saw many dead specimens. And I’ve seen photos from the 1980s and early 1990s, with lots and lots and lots of discarded shells. They were - and maybe are still - canned food, basically. Later, they were smuggled, in the thousands, and sold for crazy prices. I’m not aware of the current situation, I lost contact (or worse) to my Malagasy contacts.
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but a pickled jalapeno is cowboy candy and they are in Houston…
i like the name.
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Dill is not a pickle either. It’s an herb added to some gherkin pickle recipes
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I bet this guy is like the Leonardo DiCaprio of tortoises and dumps all his girlfriends as soon as they turn 60.
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It is if you pickle it!
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