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Page last updated at 21:33 GMT, Saturday, 19 September 2009 22:33 UK

Tortoise survives spell in fast lane

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A tortoise has been rescued from a busy motorway after dodging up to six lanes of speeding traffic.

The animal was picked up by a site engineer on a slip road off the M25 in Surrey.

Tests revealed it had been micro-chipped in the US and was thousands of miles from its original home.

Philip Churm reports.

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