Turtles

Çağdaş has a turtle for two years. Its name is “Tosuncuk” (Fatty). He thought it was male but later we realized it is female. He found it in İstanbul and brought it to İzmir. At that time he was living in an apartment and Tosuncuk was living in balcony. When the grocer saw it he said “oh it is a turtle from the area of Edirne, its Latin name is …”. He learned that time his grocer graduated from biologyJ. Last summer (2012) I found another turtle. It was as same size as Tosuncuk. Children were playing and try to driving it like a car. I took it and told them “I will take away to his mother”. I took it and run away. We bring two turtles together. We thought they can be friends. A few days later we realized Tosuncuk is not male. You can see from the picture that they get closer.

back 'Tepegöz", front "Tosuncuk"

They are getting closer

Atak, my dog dug out Tepegöz from the ground

They buried themselves in the autumn. They are cold blood animals. In the winter time they sleep under the ground. But we have a very naughty dog “Atak” and probably she smelt and dug out “Tepegöz” from the ground. We gave the name “Tepegöz” (Cyclops) because he has a dot like an eye on the head. When we found it he was like in a shocked. Not moving not eating. Later then he buried himself again.