A LIVING STARBURST · neck up, mouth open
Hand-Painted Detail
Every scale, feather and marking is painted by hand to match the real animal — so detailed up close, so charming on the shelf.
Ready to Display
A single, sturdy piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its pose, ready to collect and show off.
Every plate on this tortoise’s domed shell carries its own starburst — sunny yellow rays shooting out across glossy black. AHB’s solo radiated tortoise leans toward real-life proportions, caught mid-step with one foot raised and its mouth agape.
Stars on Every Scute
Each shell plate has a yellow center with rays fanning outward, and no two tortoises wear exactly the same pattern. Every star on this figure is painted by hand.
Only in Madagascar
It lives naturally only in the dry spiny forests of southern Madagascar. There it grazes on grasses, fruit and succulent plants.
A Record-Setting Life
Radiated tortoises are among the longest-lived animals known. One named Tu’i Malila, kept by the royal family of Tonga, lived to at least 188.
Saving the Stars
Poaching for meat and the illegal pet trade have made it Critically Endangered. Huge seizures of smuggled tortoises have turned it into a rallying symbol for conservation in Madagascar.
Craft & Specifications
| Line | Solo Edition, by Animal Heavenly Body |
| Approx. Size | About 3.7 × 2.2 × 2.8 in (9.5 × 5.5 × 7 cm) |
| Material | Hand-painted resin |
| Display | Single figure — ready to display out of the box |
| SKU | AHB-SOLO-09 |
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