Patriotic slogan on a London Zoo tortoise, WW1

A tortoise, Methuselah, at London Zoo using his shell to advertise the need for more shells (of a different kind), during the First World War. The full message reads, We can't do without our shells; but they will serve to remind you that there are others - which your country needs

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