Tortoise

What does the name given to the Aldabra giant tortoise considered one of the longest-living animals on record at the time of his death mean in English?
Adwaita (meaning "one and only" in Sanskrit) (c. 1750 – 22 March 2006), also spelled Addwaita, was a male Aldabra giant tortoise that lived in the Ali...
How do birds help tortises?
Here's how it supposedly works: tortoises have a mutualistic relationship with some species of Galapagos finches and mockingbirds. A small group of bi...
Is a tourtoise an carnivore?
Turtle vs Tortoise: Turtles are aquatic and omnivores while tortoises live on land and are herbivores - The Economic Times. Is a tortoise an omnivore?...
What color can a tortois be?
I think the color tortoise would look something like a greenish brown with a golden under tone. Like a mix between dark brown, olive and gold, but not...
How many pinta tortoises where there in 1932?
How many Pinta Island tortoise are left in the world?How many tortoises are in a Pinta Island?Are Pinta Island tortoises extinct?What year did the Pi...
How much for a tortoise all together?
Initial Average Tortoise CostThe tortoise~$150Ceramic heat lamp & lamp fixture~$55Food (for the first month)~$30First veterinarian check-up~$55Tot...
How do tortoises excrete waste?
Reptiles also have one more type of excretion product, called urates or uric acid. ... When the tortoise urinates, it will pass the liquid urine and t...
How does torties survive in water?
Flippers and Feet The biggest physical reason that turtles can swim and tortoises can't is the difference in their appendages. Turtles have flippers w...
How long do Galapagos tortoise live?
Galápagos Tortoise. Galápagos tortoises can live to be over 100 years old. Galápagos tortoises can live to be over 100 years old. Can turtles live up ...