NEWS
Every morning, Brett Desser climbs the stairs of her Jacksonville home to wake someone special.
“Scooter!” she says as she goes up to the second floor.
It’s not a dog pawing at the door, or a cat curled on a windowsill, or even a child wrapped in blankets.
Instead, she’s heading to greet Scooter – her endangered African spurred tortoise who, true to her “sassy” personality, prefers to sleep in until noon.