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71Fan
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This one makes four. So young it still has it's egg sac attatched to it's belly........Came scampering out of the wood pile after washing down the patio for a family bar b q....
way cool huh?
way cool huh?
what a mental picture I get! LOL
Guess it was looking for "Papa"? Or maybe a meal. LOL
Way cool, indeed, 71Fan.
Guess it was looking for "Papa"? Or maybe a meal. LOL
Way cool, indeed, 71Fan.
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Awesome_Bill
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What exactly are you doing with these babies? But ya that is very cool, dont see any of those around here...
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cutiepie24
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you have any pictures?
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Alaska
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I'd forgotten about your tortoises. The heading
I thought for sure a rookie was suing NASCAR.
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71Fan
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Pictures? Just file photos cept for some I took of Mama laying her eggs that came out pretty bad. Took the cheapo digital cam back as soon as I saw how bad they were...here's Mama anyways.
What I'm doing with them is hoping to help save them from extinction.
What I'm doing with them is hoping to help save them from extinction.
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71Fan
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Like I said....not a good photo and nothing to scale to....Mama's age is unknown but we figure 50 or more. She is almost a foot in length. Here is just a basic file photo of a baby. The four I have are about this size.
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Alaska
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Great work 71. Good backyard science can make as much difference as any.
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71Fan
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I have two other females that are just now getting to breeding age.....10 to 20 years...one other cousin has a breeding pair from the family herd and no telling how many were given away over the 70 years Great Aunt Hazel kept them.....and figure if I can raise 20 or 30 more before it's my turn to pass on I'll at least have done something very very meaningful on this earth.
In the wild the survival rate right now is estimated at 1 in 100, while in captivity it rises to 3 in 10. They are just about goners in the wild.
Wierd is the opposing schools of thought on wild vs captive herds. Most big money efforts are pointed at saving the desert which I don't believe is possible anyways, and even if we do we have already intro'ed non-native preditiors and diseases that are just going to take them out anyways.
Best hope imo is captive herds and medical research, not desert conservation.
In the wild the survival rate right now is estimated at 1 in 100, while in captivity it rises to 3 in 10. They are just about goners in the wild.
Wierd is the opposing schools of thought on wild vs captive herds. Most big money efforts are pointed at saving the desert which I don't believe is possible anyways, and even if we do we have already intro'ed non-native preditiors and diseases that are just going to take them out anyways.
Best hope imo is captive herds and medical research, not desert conservation.
AWESOME!
Any idea how many eggs mama laid?
Any idea how many eggs mama laid?
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cutiepie24
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wow thanks........no the pictures are good...........how cute........that is good what your doing there........
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71Fan
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Nope, no idea at all about how many nest. She had laid two eggs in that one which I dug up and tried incubating but the temp wasn't high enuf. When one eggs exploded, I re-buried the other near the edge of the patio which is where I think this latest baby baby came from.
It's pretty late in the hatchling season so I wasn't expecting this one at all. Have gone back on to mid-morning patrol, and went thru the woodpile and leafy areas looking tho.
It's pretty late in the hatchling season so I wasn't expecting this one at all. Have gone back on to mid-morning patrol, and went thru the woodpile and leafy areas looking tho.