#aldabra tortoise

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Photo by Yotcmdr - Own work, Public Domain

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

Please enjoy four peaceful minutes of ASMR, brought to you by an Aldabra giant tortoise eating a head of lettuce at Reptile Gardens in South Dakota. (There’s a little bit of people talking at the beginning, but it’s mostly quiet other than the crunching and the sound of the heaters after that).

[salt-up-to-your-ankles]

happy pride to jonathan the 191 year old tortoise and his mate frederik of 33 years who everyone thought was female until vets did a check up on frederik and learnt he was also male

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[hyper-coasters]

Big Jim is probably one of the oldest animals in the park. The Aldabra Tortoise can live far past 100 years, even past 200!

[sixquarksinatrenchcoat]

sometimes I think about Jonathan the blind bisexual horny almost 200 year old Aldabra giant tortoise who lives on St Helena with his boyfriend Frederick and think to myself were gonna be alright

truckin and fuckin for nearly 200 slutty slutty years they should invite him to lead a pride parade

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January 28, 2020

Phoenix Zoo

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Do you hate getting water up your nose? The Aldabra giant tortoise doesn't! In fact, this species drinks through their nose; their flat snouts are specially designed to allow them to draw water from shallow pools, which is critical in an environment where water is scarce.

(Image: An Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) wearing a fashionable hat (Telfair's skink) by Nik Cole)

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[i-am-grell]

Who wants today’s good zoo pics?

Also “good” is subjective and beholden to the whim of my iphone

[josharlington]

Aldabra giant tortoise

[aticketplz]

ゾウガメもこんなにガッツリ水に浸かるんですね

@夢見ヶ崎動物公園

It was the first time I saw a giant tortoise soaking in water so deep.

@Yumemigasaki Zoological Park

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Tortoisee

[rabbitcruiser]

World Turtle Day

World Turtle Day is celebrated on May 23 of every year. The World Turtle Day promoted yearly since 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue which is to bring attention to increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, that inspire human action to help them survive and succeed.World Turtle Day is celebrated around the spheroid in a variation of ways, from dressing up as turtles also by wearing green summer dresses to saving turtles caught on roadways, to research projects. Turtle Day lesson plans and craft designs promote teaching about turtles in classrooms. World Turtle Day is also to celebrate the great reptiles with their place in the world, and this encourages people to take action to protect them, both the common pet turtle and the ever jeopardized sea turtle.

“World Turtle Day is an annual opportunity to reflect on the myriad of threats facing turtles and tortoises and what we can do to protect them.”

History of World Turtle Day

World Turtle Day was created by American Tortoise Rescue in 1990. The term “WORLD TURTLE DAY” is branded by Susan Tellem of Malibu, California American Tortoise Rescue is certified by state and federal companies as a nonprofit corporation to provide for the protection of all species of tortoise and turtle. Orphans that cannot affirm because of ill health remain in the care of American Tortoise Rescue for the balance of their lives. Chase’s Book of Annual Events, the day was created as an annual observance to help people to protect turtles and tortoises and to disappear their habitats globally. Susan Tellem and Marshall Thompson are the founders of the rescue American Tortoise Rescue defend the humane treatment of all animals, containing reptiles. Since 1990, ATR has placed about 3,000 tortoises and turtles in caring homes and also assist law enforcement when undersize and compromised turtles are impounded and provides helpful information which has referrals to persons with sick and abandoned turtles.

In 2013, For over 5,500 students, 160 free Turtle Day Lesson planned and teaching materials were sent out to classrooms. Lesson plans were provided by the Turtle and Tortoise Preservation Group, an organization that is open to all people interested in the welfare of chelonians.

How to Celebrate World Turtle Day

Celebrate the World Turtle Day around the spheroid in a contrast of ways, from dressing up as turtles by wearing green summer dresses to rescuing turtles caught on roadways, to research projects. They’re the astonishing creature, with positive grades making great pets and helping to preserve the eco-system in the waters they live in. Also if we live where snapping turtles haunt the waters, it’s probably a good idea that people know how to withdraw them and where to find them.

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I know Komodo dragons are super crazy dangerous but it’s kinda hard to be scared of them bc monitor lizards in general all kinda look like muppets

[kodoandsangha]

I love this for him.

finally some good fucking news

keep fucking and eating and napping and having a zest for life forever king 🤘

[gui2arts]

Okay. So I think I need to explain the included text for people who don't play Elden Ring and for those who do but is not Filipino. 😅

The "Behold, Dog!" Meme (For Non-Players): Elden Ring has a message system in the game where when writing these messages, you have to choose a template, that usually has one or more blank spaces, and then you choose between their bank of words (locations, items, concepts, monsters, items, etc), to fill the blanks. Unfortunately, the game doesn't have the word “turtle" or "tortoise”, despite having many turtles in the game. The referenced character in this art is a giant NPC tortoise named Miriel, Pastor of Vows. With this lack of description, we then use the word “Dog”, which is available, and honestly pretty funny (Source: Comment by hswolf on Lemmy.World).

"Ikuwento mo sa akin…" Phrase (For Non-Filipino ER Players): The English translation is "Tell me the story…" and I based it on a Tagalog banter/insult/meme "Ikuwento mo sa pagong!" (English Translation: Tell that story to a turtle!) which is used when you don't like listening to the person talking to you, they are sharing too much or useless information, or if you feel like annoying the person by cutting them off mid-sentence (I know, rude 🤣).

Also, I'd like to thank my husband, Binky-Kun, for helping me with the lineart! 🥰

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WINTER HEAT FOR TORTOISES