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Long story short, I've discovered that pet tortoises are still a thing. I'm usually completely against buying from pet stores, but I visited a pet centre the other day and saw this *stupidly cute* little pet tortoise that is smaller than my hand and I think I melted a little bit. Getting a pet is a big commitment and I'm not going to go ahead and buy one before I know more about looking after tortoises and their needs, and check out vet stuff and how much keeping a tortoise is and all the things I'll need to buy, and get a cushion of cash in case the little guy needs to go to the vet etc... but I really want a tortoise and I've already got a name list for if/when I get once. What do you think of the following?

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Hieronymus
Jeremy
Hercules
Vladimir / Vladislav "Vlad"
Cornelius
Ignatius
Genghis
Isambard "Sam"
Bartleby
Jasper / Casper (I think this more of a cat/dog/person name)
Montgomery "Monty"
Otto
Mikhail "Misha" / Yuriy (honouring heroes, but I'd want to use these for kids or cats/dogs if I ever have them)
Dmitriy "Dima" (I love this name but probs could never use it)
Ptolemy
Bartholomew
Ludwig
Wolfgang
Zebulon "Zeb"

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Basically, I like big important names on little tortoises. At the minute, my faves are, in order:
Isambard
Cornelius
Genghis
Hercules
Ludwig
Wolfgang
Ptolemy

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If I get a girl tortoise.... I have no idea. Suggestions?
I'm thinking maybe Gertrude, Winifred... I have no idea.

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So, what do you guys think?