Why Does This Critically Endangered Tortoise Sound Like a Duck? 🐢 Before anyone says “give them some privacy” 😊… privacy is a human concept. Animals don’t experience modesty or embarrassment the way people do. This is completely natural behavior that plays an essential role in conserving a critically endangered species. The duck-like grunts and squeaks you’re hearing are normal mating vocalizations made by the male. Many tortoise species produce surprisingly unique vocalizations during breedin

Last Box from Our Summer Feeding Program

I see lots of questions about barnacles in my comments and am here to answer them! 1. Does it hurt the turtle to remove barnacles? No. Barnacles grow on the outside of the shell, so removing them is a lot like removing something that's been weighing you down rather than treating an injury. While they do have nerve endings throughout their shell allowing them to feel, it’s almost similar to scratching an itch on your back! Many of the turtles that arrive for rehab are carrying pounds of barnacles

This man rescued a broken turtle egg and helped the mother turtle care for it.

Baby turtle rescued? Mama duck pecks tiny turtle — Eastern Spot-billed Duck encounter

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