#Red-Footed Tortoise

[arthistoryanimalia]

Another for #WorldTurtleDay on a #TurtleTuesday + #TwoForTuesday:

Albert Eckhout (Dutch, c.1610–1665) Study of Two Brazilian Tortoises, 1640 oil and paper on panel, 30.5 cm (12 in) x 51 cm (20 in) Mauritshuls collection

species ID = Red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

"One of the artists in Johan Maurits’s entourage [in Dutch Brazil] was Albert Eckhout. Eckhout recorded the Brazilian people, flora and fauna in drawings and paintings. Like these two red-footed tortoises with their scaly heads, shells with geometric patterns and mouths full of sharp teeth. Eckhout painted them on paper.

The animals are grunting threateningly at each other, as the males do during the breeding season. But Eckhout made the animals more exciting than they actually are – tortoises do not in fact have teeth."

[ourpetscare]

Are red-footed tortoises easy to take care of?

How to handle a red-footed tortoise as a pet? Native to both South and Central America, the red-footed tortoise can be found in both wet and dry woods and grasslands. Red-footed tortoises are a common pet with eye-catching markings and coloration on their shells that make them easy to care for and have a long lifespan. If you're considering getting one, prepare to spend a lot of money on supplies, food, and living quarters for what may be a long 50-year commitment. Read More...

[wild-wow-facts]

Discovering the Red-Footed Tortoise

Meet the red-footed tortoise, a social herbivore with a colorful shell! Learn about its unique behavior and vital role in the ecosystem.

Check out my other videos here: Animal Kingdom Animal Facts Animal Education

[wheremyscalesslither]

Today we tried watermelon again, and decided it was very good. Last time, Chili Pepper didn’t seem so interested.

[theanonymousninja247]

✨ Star Friends ✨

When I found out that @chessman-protocol boy Crit liked Astronomy, let’s just say I was beyond estatic and immediately planned this little comic. Here’s to my boy Vincent doing his best to make friends with folks who share similar interests 😅💙

Funny enough, I didn’t realize I put this in Vincent character’s until I looked at the whole thing, but Vincent very much shares the lack of stranger danger the way I did/ I do to this day. To quote one of my past managers I’m “abnormally friendly” or whatever

I can’t tell you how many times even as a small child (drove my parents nuts) that I saw a cool person with whatever connecting factor and I just straight up walked to them and was like “Ok cool. We’re friends now.” And nobody’s really stopped me? So apparently I have friends now. 😆

Vincent however is just a wholesome baby boy who doesn’t realize he’s actually an intimidating hunk of a turtle and randomly walking up to strangers and not saying anything can be taken the wrong way.

Like I said, he’s trying his best. He wasn’t exactly the most socialized if you can’t tell, but he does love dearly and is certainly a boone of a friend to have once you get past the inevitable social awkwardness. He’s loyal to put because he really doesn’t know better, and I adore him for that. Anyway, dunno if Crit knows any ASL or not, but either way Vincent is just excited to meet somebody else who likes space ✨🌌 💙

[tolkienreader1996]

So a few days ago Sophie my 7 year old sulcata tortoise took down and ate a papaya tree.

This was done slowly.

She gnawed away at the base of the tree until it fell and she and the red foot tortoises ate it.

[allthesmallthingsgallery]

I drew some cute reptiles and amphibians for a reptile show I attended. They will be available at all my other shows too!

[zawatomi]

[chendaiwei]

[caffeinity]

Enjoying some apple chunks 🍎🐢

[stainedglasstortoises]

Reptiles? Where?

I love to misread replies as reptiles. There are reptiles on my posts sometimes

[chappedlipdirtycontacts]

i love my pet freak. he’s so odd :3

edit: can we bring back the old definition of freak?😭

[forsooth-verily]

[wheremyscalesslither]

Chili Pepper has finally decided they like blueberries!

[tolkienreader1996]

Mum came home with a sulcata hatchling! She named her Agnes after the second youngest sister in ‘Meet me in St. Louis’.