Under special circumstances, an egg can also make a nice shield, especially for a newborn baby tortoise. See in this video how elegantly this newborn baby turtle can walk around with an egg as a temporary shield. The baby is newly hatched from its shell, and it seemed perfectly content and natural to start walking around still being mostly within his egg shell.
And it works just fine for this baby sulcata or African spurred tortoise. This tortoise was able to make the first steps of his life with a beautiful white shield – his own egg he was born from.
Enjoy this cute baby animal video about the newborn baby tortoise and his own egg shield:
