tribute to dali

meet dali. this is turtle-dude who's been keeping me company since i moved here. we transported him/her/it down from boston verrrrryyy carefully. and i think he/she/it has been doing pretty well thus far. here, he (let's just assume dali's male for simplicity's sake, okey?) looks oh-so-innocent.


but in reality, he's a little chomper. here, he tries to bite my finger through the clear wall of the tank.


chomp chomp again. check out the pink tongue!


planning his next moves....


up-close-and-personal.. and crooked. dali likes to squeeze himself between a rock and.. well, a hard place (the clear tank wall again).

in case you can't tell, he's quite happy. he swims furiously towards the tank's corners in the mornings, and he makes futile escape attempts all day long, and he poops whenever and wherever he likes. sometimes, when the sun's shining through the window, he'll sunbathe on top of one of his rocks. man, what a life -- turtles are lucky.