GOLDEN, CO. -- When Cleopatra the leopard tortoise was sent to Canyon Critter Reptile Rescue in Golden, she was in pretty rough shape. Poor nutrition can lead to "pyramiding" shells. Instead of a ...

KUSA - On Friday, Cleopatra, a leopard tortoise, had the final fitting for her new prosthetic shell. "Her shell's been damaged, so myself and a student at Colorado Tech designed and worked with a 3D ...

It would be a memorable sight. But it would also be so wrong to tip over Galápagos giant tortoises to see how shell shape affects their efforts to leg-pump, neck-stretch and rock right-side up again.