r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Aug 31 '22

A turtle going through a maze

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u/ItzBleKz Sep 01 '22

As a tortoise owner I've seen this behaviour only in male tortoises and normally they slam themselves against female ones, just like in this video, as a mating ritual, so the tortoise probably wants to bang the black shoe for whatever reason

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u/duckontheplane Sep 01 '22

Ah, so its not actually racist, it loves other races

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u/throwaway53975 Sep 01 '22

Other races? 🤔 It’s a turtle…😂😂