Just Peachy - Baby Galapagos

[N2TORTS]

Tyrone' and peach treat......














and for the person who asks what he looks like without being sprayed with H2o.......



JD~

 

[Flipper]

He's a peach

 

[tortdad]

Very awesome

 

[N2TORTS]

actually it's a Nectarine ...but didn't sound so swell in the title.....

 

[taza]

Adorable.

 

[ShadowRancher]

So cute! we had four happen accidentally at the local zoo

 

[Tom]

So cute! we had four happen accidentally at the local zoo

I'm pretty sure the tortoises don't think it was an accident.

 

[Tom]

JD, I love the lava rock in the Galop enclosure. You think of everything. What a great idea!

Of course I love the Galop in the Galop enclosure too...

 

[ShadowRancher]

I'm pretty sure the tortoises don't think it was an accident.

hahah well unexpected for our keepers then

 

[N2TORTS]

So cute! we had four happen accidentally at the local zoo

What zoo was this ?

 

[N2TORTS]

JD, I love the lava rock in the Galop enclosure. You think of everything. What a great idea!

Of course I love the Galop in the Galop enclosure too...

Thanks Tom .....would only be natural , figuring the islands themselves' are lava structures.......

 

[N2TORTS]

I really dig their eyes .......very different from other torts I have owned past and present.

 

[ShadowRancher]

What zoo was this ?

Riverbanks in columbia SC

 

[bouaboua]

Tyrone are so beautiful.

 

[Shakudo]

Yes very beautiful! How long would it take for him to reach adult size?

 

[N2TORTS]

Yes very beautiful! How long would it take for him to reach adult size?

Sex can be visually determined around when the tortoise is 15 years old, and sexual maturity is reached at 20 to 25 years old. The tortoises grow slowly for about 40 years until they reach their full size. Reproductive prime is considered to be from the ages of 60-90.

 

[Shakudo]

Sex can be visually determined around when the tortoise is 15 years old, and sexual maturity is reached at 20 to 25 years old. The tortoises grow slowly for about 40 years until they reach their full size. Reproductive prime is considered to be from the ages of 60-90.

Wow, talk about extended childhood

I hope that the species does well again in the wild, now they can be captive bred.
I read that they were massively slaughtered in bygone ages for food.

They have such a wise look in their eyes., very beautiful!

 

[pam]

Awesome pictures

 

[kathyth]

Tyrone is a real beauty! I can't believe they grow for 40 years! Awesome!