Galapagos Tortoise as Expert Landscapers

[TXTortOwner]

Found this interesting article yesterday: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/i...ortoises-are-expert-landscapers/#.UuhFzrRMHIV

 

[wellington]

Very cool

 

[Dizisdalife]

Good read. Thanks for posting the link.

 

[N2TORTS]

Very Cool Article ......thanks for sharing....

 

[milkandsam]

Very cool! And a little sad too.

 

[mike taylor]

Cool stuff enjoyed the read . Thanks

 

[J_W]

Good article. I read that something similar is happening in Africa with the diminishing numbers of wild Sulcatas. They travel all over eating plants and seeds and then "depositing" those seeds elsewhere. This helps to spread plants of different species all over, sort of like bees pollinating flowers to different areas. With their decline so too has come the decline of some plant species. They also provide borrows to a number of other animals by digging them and then moving on and digging more. I will have to find that article.

 

[bouaboua]

Thank you for share this article. Very good. and hope we still have time.

 

[ascott]

when even one animal species leaves, it may carry an entire ecosystem on its back

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Thanks for the share and this is so true...

 

[TXTortOwner]

I find it amazing how well crafted ecosystems are and we as humans usually have no clue the role everything plays. I spend a lot of time at work talking about the usefulness of native ants. Large tortoises fall into the charismatic megafauna category, and most people understand they are an important herbivore in their ecosystem, but not the subtlety of the role.