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Today was a free day from work so i decided to go to the Tortoise Sanctuary.
Talked to the curator of the tortoise sanctuary in Mali Africa.
He covered a lot of different information in general.
Here is what i learned about my Sucata today.
The holes the Sucatas dig are around ten foot deep.
They tend to turn up at the end so they stay out of water if it rains.
The burrow is around 20C at the bottom which is good for the tortoise.
The tortoise stays in the hole during the hot days to keep cool.
They come out in the cooler afternoon or morning hours.
When there in there holes at night there metabolism slows down when they sleep.
They pull into there shell which helps them retain there natural heat.
He did say they do not do well outside in cold wet areas.
Pig mat heaters were used for the recovering and younger tortoises.
I forgot to ask at what temperature he sets the heaters.
All the others live in there natural habitat so artificial heat was not used.
Here is one of my observations......
It was kind of neat the way they create there own environment.
They eat the plants around the burrows to the ground.
When they poop it has water and seeds in the pile..
This causes the seeds to germinate which starts new plants.
That explained them growing in clumps around the burrow areas.
In a sense they create there own food supply cycle or ecosystem..
I thought some you would like to hear what i learned today.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving
Talked to the curator of the tortoise sanctuary in Mali Africa.
He covered a lot of different information in general.
Here is what i learned about my Sucata today.
The holes the Sucatas dig are around ten foot deep.
They tend to turn up at the end so they stay out of water if it rains.
The burrow is around 20C at the bottom which is good for the tortoise.
The tortoise stays in the hole during the hot days to keep cool.
They come out in the cooler afternoon or morning hours.
When there in there holes at night there metabolism slows down when they sleep.
They pull into there shell which helps them retain there natural heat.
He did say they do not do well outside in cold wet areas.
Pig mat heaters were used for the recovering and younger tortoises.
I forgot to ask at what temperature he sets the heaters.
All the others live in there natural habitat so artificial heat was not used.
Here is one of my observations......
It was kind of neat the way they create there own environment.
They eat the plants around the burrows to the ground.
When they poop it has water and seeds in the pile..
This causes the seeds to germinate which starts new plants.
That explained them growing in clumps around the burrow areas.
In a sense they create there own food supply cycle or ecosystem..
I thought some you would like to hear what i learned today.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving