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It’s still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety trooper recently helped rescue an escaped sulcata tortoise that was attempting to cross Interstate 10 near Picacho.
Among them: a social media-famous tortoise named Tiptoe. Caitlin Doran documented her escape from the fast-growing fire with her 175-pound tortoise on social media Wednesday night. The videos have ...
Firefighters in Kern County, California, helped to rescue a tortoise that had become trapped in a hole, without food or water, as seen in this video, posted to social media on August 12.Kern ...
The desert tortoise is the official state reptile in California and Nevada. [6] The desert tortoise lives about 50 to 80 years; [7] it grows slowly and generally has a low reproductive rate. It spends most of its time in burrows, rock shelters, and pallets to regulate body temperature and reduce water loss.
Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) drinking from roadway in Joshua Tree National Park. The diet of tortoises contain excess salt, sodium, chloride, and potassium that must be purged from the body, and drinking free standing water, even if only once or a few times each year, is essential for this function and for tortoise survival.
In 2018, the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group recommended a re-assessment and re-classification of all six Gopherus species. This reclassification would move G. evgoodei from Near Endangered (NE) to Vulnerable (VU). [7]
Sonoran desert tortoises are a protected species in Arizona. Therefore, it’s illegal to hold them captive as pets unless by legally adopting them through the state’s tortoise conservation ...
Dr. K's Exotic Animal ER is an American television series on the Nat Geo Wild network. It premiered on October 4, 2014, and follows Susan Kelleher, the titular Dr. K, and the veterinarians and staff of the Broward Avian and Exotic Animal Hospital located in Deerfield Beach, Florida.