The bleached shell of a toroise showing the bones of the fused spine and ribs forming the domed carapace with remnants of the horny keratin scutes a

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The bleached shell of a toroise showing the bones of the fused spine and ribs forming the domed carapace with remnants of the horny keratin scutes and the plastron below on a historic drystone wall, Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve, McGregor, Western Capem South Africa

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