After getting hit by a car twice, the tortoise’s shell needed to be wired back together. Nielsen Donato Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Complex problems require creative solutions, and wildlife veterinarian Nielsen Donato is no stranger to what might seem like out-of-the-box problem solving. Last month, Donato and his team at Vets in Practice in the Philippines fixed temporary wheels onto an Aldabra giant tortoise ( Aldabrachelys gigantea ) that was struggling to walk.  More recently, they built a contraption to care for a four-year-old African spurred tortoise ( Geochelone sulcata ) that had been run over by a car not once but twice. When the unfortunate reptile was first brought to the clinic, Donato—who is the clinic’s chief surgeon and exotic animal medicine specialist—wasn’t there.  Over the phone, Donato instructed the team to keep the tortoise’s exposed soft tissue damp by rinsing the shell with saline (salt water).…