Do zombensis hingebacks burrow?

[TheLastGreen]

Often times when I go to soak Sunny, when I lift his hide, he lays burried like this? I also hear him almost burrow as he moves the bark away when he is in his hide

 

[Humbug & Maz]

Sunny is one gorgeous tortoise! I do remember some years back a relative of mine who lived in Cape Town had a hingeback - definitely similar looking to your guy and at that time I was fascinated as I wasn't familiar with them and hers definitely dug into the substrate, but not all the way down like my Hermann does - I can't even see the top of his shell sometimes! I am sure someone else on here will know more but I always thought how beautiful their shape is!

 

[TheLastGreen]

Thanks, the Cape you say? Thats a tort hotspot angulates (rooipense), geometric, tent, leopards, padlopers, you name it has it???. My grandparents recently visited Stilbaai, a place with fynbos and angulates galore

 

[Humbug & Maz]

WOW! Those colours!! My Mum visited on 3 or 4 occasions and stayed in a hotel near her apartment that had Galapagos tortoises in their garden! She hasn't been for a few years now but those torts were a highlight for her!!!

 

[ZenHerper]

Those flowers are amazing!

(and all torts burrow to some degree for various reasons -- to disguise themselves from predators, to cool off (in summer), to warm up (at night)...)

Those flowers are amazing!

=DD

 

[William Lee Kohler]

They also burrow to seek humidity. It is needed to keep from pyramiding.

 

[Maggie3fan]

Thanks, the Cape you say? Thats a tort hotspot angulates (rooipense), geometric, tent, leopards, padlopers, you name it has it???. My grandparents recently visited Stilbaai, a place with fynbos and angulates galoreView attachment 335222View attachment 335223View attachment 335224View attachment 335225View attachment 335226View attachment 335227

freakin beautiful...