ALDABRA TORTOISE BREEDER
- Thread starter ALDABRAMAN
- Start date
06-25-2018
Yawning
Gotta love the cute tortoise yawn!
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CarolM
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That was fantastic to watch. What I find so interesting is that those eggs actually fall quite a distance. It is amazing that they don't break especially when they fall on top of each other. Are they soft at first? So that they have a bit if cushioning for the fall.
~ They do break at times, we make every possible effort to catch them as they fall. Some of our females are very skiddish at times and we simply do not interfere unless we think it she is not effected at all by our involvement.
CarolM
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The once or twice i have handled eggs from mine i have picked them up as if it was going to break at the slightest knock. Guess i was wrong. Lol. Probably would still pick them up like that but good to know that they are tougher than they look.
~ Sometimes we will place a soft towel at the bottom of the nest just before she lays to help cushion the fall, things really depend on several variables and factors as to exactly what we do each clutch.
CarolM
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Your torts or giants i should say always look so amazing. Really stunning beasts.
~ They are designed to make the fall, however at times they hit wrong or may land on a rock. We make every possible effort to catch them and recover them all undamaged.
CarolM
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Very interesting. In the wild would you say that some break in the fall?
~ Probably
CarolM
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Oops missed these before my comment on the wild eggs.
~ Thank you, we are putting many new videos daily on our Facebook and YouTube.
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CarolM
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Sorry last question. Do they get any bigger than this one?
