Animal Highlight, Week 1 - Galapagos Tortoise
Each week, we will feature an animal.
Tell you about it. Tell you where you can learn more. Tell you if it needs help, and what you can do about it.
This week, we selected THE GALAPAGOS TORTOISE.
Description:
Galapagos tortoises have muddy brown shells with strange black markings. For protection against predators, they hide themselves completely inside their huge shells.
Population:
Only 10,000 - 15,000 tortoises are still living in the wild today.
Food:
Galapagos tortoises are herbivores. They feed on cactus fruit, vines, grasses and other plants. They can go without eating or drinking for up to one year.
Life Span:
Galapagos tortoises can live for more than 150 years. Out of all vertebrates, they have the longest lifespan!
Click HERE to get more information, and in the middle of this page you can hear a Galapagos Tortoise!
Wow that article had some cool facts! Plus I love the sound they make! uuuuuuuhhhhhhhhgggggggggg!!!!
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Wow! that's cool! I never knew they make a sound, of course if you couldn't it would be a pretty boring life, and according to this article they can live a long life!
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Hi! This is Grace, Anna, Garrett, and Andra. -(GAGA!) We're just having a meeting, you know trying to make the world a better place. Anyway we just wanted to thank you for all your support! Keep visiting,bye
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Hey you guys, nice site!!! I've been waiting for a new Animal highlight for weeks now. What gives??? Any thought of profiling the "endangered" Collared Pecary? Ha !! Peace, Love, and Happiness y'all.
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Ummm, no haven't really thought of that but if you wanted us to we could. . .keep visiting!
Anna : )
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Wow! A weekly highlight. How do you pick the animal of the week? The Galapagos Tortoise is pretty neat but, I would have called him a girafe tortoise. ;o) I think you should do a camel next week. I would like to learn more about them.
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Thanks for the comment! And yes that's a great idea, we will make a camel report!
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Excuse me. When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
I am from Japan and learning to write in English, please tell me right I wrote the following sentence: "Get airfare predictions and find great airline ticket deals based on science, not marketing."
Best regards
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What dress to wear? Red or black?
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To be or not to be?
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I think it is now thought that the Galápagos tortoises descended from an ancestor from South America. The Indian Ocean tortoises derived from Madagascar
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