Russian Tortoise
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 6, 2016
One of the most popular breed in tortoise domestication is the Russian tortoise, also go by several other names like – Horsefield tortoise or Steppe tortoise etc.
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Rare Tortoises Found in Luggage
Critter News
JUNE 19, 2010
Here is one of their stories about tortoises being smuggled in luggage.note the drug connection. Enforcement agencies discovered 300 tortoises from Madagascar bound and packed in two suitcases that also contained drugs at Kuala Lumpur International Airport last week. Tags: wildlife smuggling tortoises.
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Tortoise Smuggling on the Rise
Critter News
MAY 10, 2010
Tags: wildlife smuggling reptiles tortoises.
Yikes! Two TONS of Snakes & Tortoises Seized
Critter News
DECEMBER 7, 2009
Cambodian police confiscated two tons of live snakes and tortoises and arrested two men trying to smuggle the slithering cargo up a river from Cambodia to Vietnam, authorities said Thursday. They found 3,640 pounds (1,655 kilograms) of snakes, mostly pythons, and 263 tortoises that weighed a combined 697 pounds (317 kilograms), said Col.
Pakistani Man Caught Smuggling Rare Tortoises
Critter News
OCTOBER 1, 2010
Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife crime pakistan thailand tortoises.
Everything about ? Star Tortoise ?
Reddit Animals
DECEMBER 15, 2022
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British Man Arrested in Illegal Tortoise Trade
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife crime UK tortoises.
Aloha Vet- Trouble in Paradise
4 The Love Of Animals
APRIL 24, 2015
So what happens when a tortoise shell needs some help? Watch as he performs a bit of shell maintenance on some of the world’s biggest (but still precious) tortoises! Call Dr. Sims!
?? Jonathan the tortoise, at 190 years the oldest land animal in the world - born in 1832
Reddit Animals
NOVEMBER 19, 2022
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10 reasons why guinea pigs make great pets
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 19, 2018
They also insure parrots, reptiles, tortoise and even pygmy hedgehogs! 10 reasons why guinea pigs make great pets – by James Alston writing for ExoticDirect ExoticDirect offer pet insurance for guinea pigs, rabbits, ferrets, hamsters, mice and other small pets.
Can anybody identify this turtles/tortoise species
Reddit Animals
MAY 23, 2021
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Guinness World Records names 'Jonathan' as world's oldest tortoise ever on 190th birthday
Reddit Animals
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
There is even a new species of tortoise that was announced as the book was going to press, although it’s been identified from fossil remains and is apparently no longer with us. Where once there were 13 species of “Darwin’s finches,” there are now 17. There are changes in where to find the birds.
Tourist Shocked After Finding Two-Headed Tortoise Stumbling Around By A Famous Turkish Hot Spring » Ananova
Reddit Animals
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
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Odd Friendships
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
National Geographic Channel’s upcoming show, Unlikely Animal Friends, will bring you stories about Christian the Lion and his humans, a baby hippo and a giant tortoise, a lioness and a baby oryx, an orangutan and a hound dog and more! A baby hippo chooses a giant tortoise as a surrogate parent. UNLIKELY ANIMAL FRIENDS.
Well, I Have Something
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
The latest example is an extinct Galapagos tortoise species. Bringing back extinct species. Scientists keep saying they can do it. Should they? I just don't feel it's right, as great as it would be to correct the mistakes we've made. It cheapens life and makes the original seem replaceable. Mass-production of blue dodos?
“A Little Bird Told Me” … Happy Birthday Charles Darwin
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
However, this is not the case with the Galapagos Tortoises. Some of the tortoises have shells and necks and heads configured for picking leaves off of bushes (involving a lot of reaching upwards) while others have shells, necks and heads that go more with grazing off the surface. In their habits I cannot point out a single difference.
What is the National Bird of Aruba?
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
These owls use the tunnels of other species as their nesting burrows, and so can be found associated with ground squirrels, tortoises, and prairie dogs. They are fairly small owls , standing around eight inches tall and weighing a little more than five ounces.
Africa’s Big Five and Little Five
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
A mature Leopard on the prowl in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve by Adam Riley A young female Leopard from Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park by Adam Riley The little – the Leopard Tortoise, so named for its attractive yellow and black blotched shell that resembles the patterns of a Leopard’s pelt, is the 4th largest species of tortoise.
Birding on a Busted Foot
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
Even a Leopard Tortoise dropped by! Blue Waxbill. The next day my foot was mended enough to head back into the bush, but it was nice that my day in camp was as eventful as the bush would have been!
Annual Animal Care Gala in NYC
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 8, 2009
And not just dogs and cats: goats, cows, and even tortoises have been rescued by Animal Care. The animals are given shelter, vaccinated, medically evaluated, housed, and fed until they are reunited with their owners or adopted into loving homes.
Galapagos Birds in Costa Rica
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
Although Cocos Island is halfway between Costa Rica and the Galapagos, we are still talking about hundreds of kilometers of ocean between us and the place of the big tortoises. Really, there’s not much connection but thanks to the wandering ways of seabirds, Costa Rica does boast some loose links to that bucket list archipelago.
Animals of Kruger National Park: A Book Review
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Tall grass, grass in burnt areas, leaves stems, small mammals, large mammals, invertebrates, birds, bird eggs, even hyena feces (that’s the Leopard Tortoise). Such a great variety of food! Species that belong to the famous “Big Five” get special badges.
From Today's New York Times
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 9, 2007
To the Editor: It’s good to know that Verlyn Klinkenborg is among those of us who stop to help tortoises on their way on a busy road (“ Edges and Order ,” The Rural Life, Jan. I have done that, and afterward felt at least virtuous if not godlike.
Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2015
Fortunately, the authors’ website, Roving Tortoise Photos , gives attribution for 55 photos from this book, so I can say that all three authors are indeed incredible photographers. I like to know the stories behind the images. I like to know WHO created images that make me pause and consider traveling to Antarctica.
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