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Turns Out Slow And Steady Does Not Win The Race, Unless The Race Is To Munster

By Margaret Lyons in Miscellaneous on Jul 11, 2008 8:57PM

2008_7_11.ialwaysspelltortoisewrong.jpgWhat the eff is going on in Munster these days? People are using cheese graters as weapons, depositing $1,000 bills and now 60-pound tortoises are roaming around. Good lord.

Tank, an African spur thigh tortoise, had been wandering Indiana for over two weeks, after escaping from his home. He was found in Munster and has since returned to his owners. [AP, photo of a non-Tank tortoise by Stacy Lynn]