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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Budika the African Spurred tortoise, basks in the sun on Tuesday afternoon behind the greenhouse.

Budika: The secret tortoise in the Secret Garden

Madelyn Kidd, News Editor September 27, 2022

For the last year, Eastern’s biology department has been keeping a secret within the Secret Garden and the H.F. Thut Greenhouse. Her name is Budika, and she is a 15 year old African Spurred Tortoise. Budika...

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