Land Tortoise, as a mode of transportation?

[blkfish92]

mysticwolf said:

We have a land tortoise at hour high school. 2 in fact. Merv and Nortina, they are members of our Environmental Education class, and we have prarie dogs, bunnies, ferrets, chinchillas, lizards, snakes, and more stuff.

Ironic how my name is merv, does that make me a tortoise?