Tortoise Helmut from the Zoom Erlebniswelt in the city of Gelsenkirchen in Germany, who is undergoing physiotherapy on a roller
Tortoise Helmut from the Zoom Erlebniswelt in the city of Gelsenkirchen in Germany, who is undergoing physiotherapy on a roller

This is the moment a large endangered tortoise moves around on a roller board during a physiotherapy session after joint problems left it with difficulties lifting its massive shell.The male African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), named Helmuth, is being treated at ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen zoological adventure world in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.(Zoom Erlebniswelt/Newsflash)