SUDAN SULCATAS: HEY TOM! CHECK OUT THE SWIMMING SUDANS!

[Tony the tank]

Thanks Tom.. I believe I saw the same picture your referencing (with the sulcatas in a lg man made pond).. But they looked like they were standing..

If I remember correctly when things float the disperse there weight in water when they sink they disperse there volume..

So there must be a mathematical equation to determine buoyancy... Based on foot print and mass..

Any human abacuses here

 

[Weda737]

Dean, it's great to see pics of your sulcatas, I haven't been active on this forum for a while and I've been wondering how they were doing. They look so happy and healthy, and wow have they grown. Sorry if I'm off topic.

 

[mctlong]

Ok.. Let's try this again.. Anyone ever see a lg Sulcata swimming?? ..or better yet any lg tortoise swimming...pics or basis of knowledge??

Thank you

Have you seen this one yet?
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-64967.html

 

[marcy4hope]

wow!!! i love it! gorgeous!

 

[Chinque]

So cute! I love sudans, they're so cute when they swim!

 

[sibi]

I tend to agree with you. It has always been a concern of mine because if an inexperienced tort owner gets the impression that it's okay, and leaves their tort in a pool, the tort will drown if there's no way for him to get out. On the other hand, IF you put your tort in a pool to see him swim, but you remove him after a short while, it could be very enjoyable (not necessarily for the tort) to you. Afterall, it isn't natural for torts to swim, even if they can float! I know my torts don't know what I'm doing, or if they feel safe, and get real stressed. Is it because it's something unnatural for them?

But!!!! This is still no reason to have tortoises in a back yard that has an unfenced in-the-ground-swimming pool. Tortoises can't swim forever, and just like a dog that falls in the pool, will eventually tire and drown.

 

[biochemnerd808]

I play 'sink or float?' with my kids... never thought of including my tortoises in the experiment! (probably still won't), but how fun to learn this fun fact.

 

[cruiser12]

Lol one has a bubble in his eye!

 

[TortoiseBoy1999]

They look like water Turtles! They look very comfortable to me

 

[thereptileenthusiast]

Aldabra swimming video.

http://www.arkive.org/aldabra-giant-tortoise/geochelone-gigantea/video-06b.html

 

[RuthJanice]

Yep they look very happy to me as well.... they are very cute.

 

[DeanS]

Aldabra swimming video.

http://www.arkive.org/aldabra-giant-tortoise/geochelone-gigantea/video-06b.html

Very cool!