Like any pet, you need to do your research before getting a turtle or tortoise. Here are nine things you need to think about before purchasing one. The start-up cost of buying a turtle and its habitat (which can be $600 - $1,200), is actually the cheapest part of turtle ownership. Your turtle will require hundreds of dollars in upkeep each year. Turtles can live for a very long time, often over 25 years. Be prepared to care for a turtle for its entire lifetime.
Tuscaloosa was designated as the county seat of Tuscaloosa County in 1819, and in 1822, the county seat was moved to Newton, just a few miles from Tuscaloosa. Within a few short years, Newton was incorporated into Tuscaloosa, and Tuscaloosa again became the county seat in 1826.
Tuesday night at a political forum hosted by BamaCarry, the state's largest group of gun rights activists, Abernathy said there were 640 inmates in the jail. At $40 per inmate per day, that means the inmate population costs taxpayers in Tuscaloosa County $25,000 a day and more than $9 million every year. Abernathy noted that the jail is the only one in Tuscaloosa County, which, by square footage, is the second-largest county in the state of Alabama.