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- Choosing A Vet For Your Reptile
By: Tristan Andrews | - Carefully research your options for proper veterinary care before you decide to purchase a reptile. Although the animal may be sold at a low-cost, the care it would take once you own it may be more than you bargain for! A vet must be experienced in reptile care and medicine to make a good provider for your reptile pet. Reptile care and medicine requires special education.
Although your sweet, jokester of an uncle may have thought it a hoot to give little Johnny that darling bab ...
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- A Fascinating Reptile - The Alligator
By: Tristan Andrews | - Let's travel to Florida to meet one of the largest of reptiles, the alligator. Alligators live only in the southeastern states of our country, like Louisiana and Florida. Most of the time alligators are pictured in swamps, but many people in Florida have reported seeing alligators in the lakes near their backyards. Having a reptile the size of a lizard in the backyard is normal, but seeing an alligator in a pond is something to get excited about. For such a big reptile, you might be surpri ...
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- A Lizard's Eye View Of Life As A Reptile
By: Tristan Andrews | - If you think of lizards at all, you think of those little reptiles that you see scurrying down a tree trunk or across your back door at dusk. There are many different types of lizards in the reptile family, and the group as a whole has some very interesting behaviors. The first unusual behavior, and the one most people know, is that they can separate from their tails when they are in danger of being caught. You may have experienced this as a child when trying to catch one of the small lizards ...
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- Raising A Reptile As A Pet
By: Tristan Andrews | - You may have admired the unusual looking lizards at your local wildlife center, or perhaps a neighbor may have an iguana in their back room. If you have not raised a reptile before, let me suggest that you start with a leopard gecko. The leopard gecko has two very big advantages, and one of them is that it does not get very big. The other major advantage of a leopard gecko is that is has been kept and bred in captivity since the 1920s, and is among the healthiest lizards and easiest to keep.< ...
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- Reptile Accessories And Supplies
By: Tristan Andrews | - Large reptiles need large cages or other enclosures. They will also need bedding, a water source, tunnel logs, rocks, trees, steps, plants, a ground cover of some sort for the bottom of their enclosure, and more food than a small pet. The costs can add up before you realize it! But once you have taken care of the initial investment, the big worry lies in being able to provide the proper amount and type of food and bedding. Vet care should also be considered. If you can't afford to have the ...
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- Reptile Diseases
By: Tristan Andrews | - Dangers exist when keeping reptiles as pets, but not just as bites and scratches. You can also contract salmonella disease from not washing your hands after coming into contact with the feces or urine or touching something that has. It's important to keep your hands away from your face, food, or food preparation areas or utensils until you've properly washed and disinfected your hands.
Salmonella can be transferred to your countertops from the reptile's feet, so allowing the lit ...
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- Introducing The Wonderful Reptiles
By: Tristan Andrews | - The family of reptiles is made up of turtles, lizards, snakes, different kinds of crocodiles, and a small group in Southeast Asia called tuataras. Some people think that snakes and lizards are slimy, but all reptiles are covered with dry, horny scales. These scales might be hard to notice for animals like the turtle, whose large scales (or plates) have grown together into one hard shell. Not only have the plates grown together, but the turtle's backbone has also grown into the shell!
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- Dangerous Reptiles! Rattle Snakes
By: Tristan Andrews | - Snakes are probably the reptiles that fascinate and repel us the most. One of the most visited booths at any outdoor show is the reptile area, with the little kids standing around and squealing at one special area - the area where the rattlesnakes are kept. Milking rattlesnakes has been a popular sideshow item for many years at local fairs and county shows. There are about thirty different species of rattlers, and all of them live in America.
Let's look at these wonderful rept ...
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- Learning About Reptiles
By: Tristan Andrews | - Children often, at one time or another, will have an interest in learning about reptiles. Even if they are only vaguely interested, it is helpful to teach them should they ever encounter a reptile in the wild or at a relative or friend's house. It is quite possible to encounter a reptile even if one has lived within the confines of the city one's entire life.
Children are not the only ones who can benefit from learning about reptiles, of course. Adults should at least learn som ...
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- Dangerous Reptiles
By: Tristan Andrews | - When people decide to buy reptiles for pets, some inevitably cross the line of safety and wisdom. Although it may seem thrilling to own a pet that is harmful, it's best left up to the experts and people who are trained to preserve wildlife.
Underestimating a dangerous reptile can mean a quick and certain death to the uneducated and careless pet owner. But if you're determined to own a dangerous reptile, at least make sure you are aware of all the possible safety precautions. Be ...
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- Reptile History
By: Tristan Andrews | - Many people overlook that dinosaurs were reptiles, as are tortoises and turtles. Frogs are often lumped into the same category while they are, in fact, amphibians.
Reptiles evolved from amphibians because of their necessity to learn to adjust to life on land. This brought about the need for legs and lungs to breathe air. Yet snakes are legless, able to crawl along with their magnificent bodies. The scaly reptile skin was necessary to protect the bodies from the rough surface o ...
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- Gigantic Reptiles
By: Tristan Andrews | - Of all the reptiles, we are usually most interested in the largest ones - alligators, crocodiles, komodo dragons, and the big snakes. These snakes have songs written about them, and the anaconda was even the star of a movie! Not only are these reptiles amazing due to their size, they also have many other interesting points.
Let's begin with the standard question, exactly how big are they? The largest of the big snakes is the anaconda, which has been reported to grow to thirty- ...
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- Reptiles Have Special Needs
By: Tristan Andrews | - People have all kinds of different pets. Some people only feel safe with what is considered "normal" pets. This usually consists of cats, dogs, hamsters, or birds. Country folks may have farmyard animals for pets. Horses, cows, goats, bunnies, and so on are typical.
Then you have the people who pride themselves on being "outside the norm". These people may be the sort who likes to consider themselves and their pets unique. Or maybe they just love animals of all kinds and wel ...
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- Safety With Reptiles
By: Tristan Andrews | - Reptiles are animals to be respected. Many people think it's funny to irritate a reptile to get a reaction. These same people probably have the pet peeve of others irritating them to get a reaction. It's the idea of dishing it out and not being able to take it. Please put yourself in the reptile's place. While they may not exhibit emotions other than what seems like anger, they are living beings that deserve to be treated in a kind way.
It is illegal in many places to hold a ...
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- The Turtle: The Slow And Steady Reptile
By: Tristan Andrews | - Of all the reptiles that can be found in an average neighborhood, turtles are probably the easiest to catch. Let's take a tour of a turtle and see what we can learn from it. One of the most interesting parts of the turtle is the most obvious, its shell. The back of a turtle shell is formed from bones that have fused together into a hard structure. On top of the bone layer are large scales that cover and protect the surface of the bone, and give the turtle its distinctive color.
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- Setting Up A Terrarium For Your Reptile
By: Tristan Andrews | - A terrarium is similar to an aquarium except that it isn't full of water and fish. It's a tank made of glass or plastic with a wire mesh lid. The mesh allows air to come in and keeps the reptile from escaping.
Reptiles are cold-blooded, unable to make their own body heat, which is why it is hard for them to move around if the temperature isn't right in their environment. Reptiles lay eggs to hatch their babies. Unlike human babies, which are dependent at birth, reptile babies a ...
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- Vacation With A Reptile!
By: Tristan Andrews | - Are you fascinated with shows on TV that show wrestling, wrestling between man and alligator? Do snakes repel you, but you still dream about them at night? Do you sometimes feel like a turtle coming out of its shell? If so, you might want to head to the southern part of America and visit the alligators, and all of their reptile relatives. The states of Florida and Louisiana have a spectrum of places to visit reptiles - from the traditional alligator farms that have been around for the last f ...
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- A Guide To Understanding Reptiles
By: Tristan Andrews | - Did you think a frog is a reptile? Maybe it would help to learn the difference in reptiles and amphibians. Amphibians can't travel far from a water source because their skin would dry out. Their eggs wouldn't survive either since they must be laid in water. Reptiles, on the other hand, already have tough hard scaly skin.
Snakes are well-known and feared reptiles. Many people simply misunderstand the snake. It's a benefit to the balance of nature. They consume rodents, amphi ...
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- Which Reptiles Do Not Make Good Pets?
By: Tristan Andrews | - Basically, any reptile that is caught in the wild is discouraged for use as a pet. It is cruel for a reptile to be removed from its natural environment, for it to be thrust into captivity against its will, just so someone can say they own it as a pet. If you must have a reptile for a pet, buy one that was raised or born in captivity.
Compared to lizards and turtles/tortoises, snakes tend to be easier pets for kids to raise. Just make sure your child is old enough to be properly ...
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- Choose Your Favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Halloween Costume For This Holiday Season
By: Brocha Weiss | - To help you select your favorite Ninja Hero costume, I've provided is a little backround history on the Ninja Turtles.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four mutant turtles, who are trained by their sensei, Master Splinter, in the art of Ninjutsu. From their home in the storm sewers of Manhattan, they battle nasty criminals, evil grandiose performers, and alien invaders, all the while remaining isolated from society at large. The characters originally appeared ...
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- How To Take Care Of Pet Turtles
By: Rachael Stone | - Turtles are wonderful pets that can live 25 years or more when they get the proper care. Pet turtles need special care that enables them to be healthy and live longer. Fortunately, once you know how to care for your tortoise, it really doesn't take very long. Expect to take about 30 minutes a day.
Before purchasing a pet turtle, a little research should be done on the different pet species available. Know that different turtles species can require more personal care; requiring mo ...
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- Turtles And Tortoises As Pet
By: Y. Avicenna | - Turtles have always been popular as pets. There are multiple reasons that make people may want to keep turtle as pets. Turtles are interesting to watch, theyre distinctive from traditional pets, or perhaps people may think that turtles are easy, low maintenance pets.
Turtles and tortoises can be prove to be more time consuming and expensive than expected, since they have a very specialized set of needs that are very different from those that you need to provide for your aver ...
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- Pet Turtles Need Top Class Care
By: James Larkin | -
Turtles date back 215 million years and are among the oldest reptile groups on the planet.
They are also one of the more fascinating pets and popular around the world.
There's a wide variety to choose from with some 300 different species, some of them really weird looking because of their shell formations. Turtles come in various colours and dimensions - from cute pocket size to giant size.
They are cold blooded, breath air, lay their eggs on land a ...
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- The Ninja Turtles Return To Live Action
By: Aydan Corkern | - In 1984, two broke comic book artists named Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created a decidedly goofy group of characters as a parody of the type of comic books that were being published at the time. Those characters were Leonardo, Donatello, Michaelangelo, and Raphael, collectively known as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The comic book was initially a cult favorite, with the first issue being very difficult to find. By 1987, the turtles had their own television series, and the turtles were soo ...
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- Anticipation Mounts For New Tmnt Movie
By: Aydan Corkern | - Cartoonists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were drawing in their apartment one day when they created the pop culture phenomenon inspiring heroes in a half shell, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The comic book was a parody of many of the popular subjects of comic books in the 1980s, but eventually grew to stand on its own as a story. The comic book took the world by storm when three years later it had its own animated TV series, and another three years after that, a major motion picture with spe ...
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- Turtles And Tortoises As Pet
By: avicenna | - Turtles have always been popular as pets. There are multiple reasons that make people may want to keep turtle as pets. Turtles are interesting to watch, theyre distinctive from traditional pets, or perhaps people may think that turtles are easy, low maintenance pets.
Turtles and tortoises can be prove to be more time consuming and expensive than expected, since they have a very specialized set of needs that are very different from those that you need to provide for your av ...
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- How To Provide Perfect Pet Turtle Care
By: abhi sidana | - There are a few basic things that you should consider in order to make sure that you are providing your pet with the most quality turtle care and to ensure that you will have your pet turtle around to lead a happy and healthy life with you. First, you should know all about the exact type and breed of the pet turtle that you have. Keeping turtles as pets in your home requires special attention to dietary and living needs that are dependent on the breed of the turtle.
Pet Turtle car ...
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- Difference Between Terrapins And Turtle
By: abhi sidana | - You may have heard of terrapins, but you may not be exactly sure of what they are and how they differ from your basic pet turtles. Terrapins are a kind of aquatic turtle that live in brackish or fresh water. They typically have smaller and lighter shells than most land based turtles do and, similar to sea turtles, have webbed feet. The similarities between terrapins and sea turtles are merely superficial, however, and they belong to different turtle families.
Of course, sometimes ...
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- Buying Turtles For Your Home
By: abhi sidana | - Have you ever thought of Buying turtles as pet for your home, Don't you think its interesting much like buying any other pet. You need to think about a few points to go over, like what kind of turtle you want, what its needs are, You will be able to give proper care to it. Many people think that buying turtles for your home as pets does not require a lot of work or care but the matter of fact is that turtles require more care and commitment than other pets as they live much longer life than ...
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- Tips On How To Take Care Of A Turtle
By: abhi sidana | - If you have decided to own a turtle as pet at your home, you should be having some knowledge so that you know how to take care of a turtle in a proper way. There are different kinds of Pet Turtles and each kind of turtle requires special care. I am going to explain the common tips on how to take care of a Turtle that will help you provide the best care to your pet turtles and help living a long and healthy life.
Right Environment for your Pet Turtle Depending on their type, Turtl ...
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- Pet Turtles Vs Sea Turtles
By: abhi sidana | - Have you ever thought the difference between a Pet Turtle and Sea Turtle? Are you interested to know about having a pet turtle? Keep on reading the article; you will have an idea of Difference between Pet Turtles and Sea Turtles.
Sea turtles live in the ocean and There are 7 difference species of Sea Turtles:-
Flatback
Green
Hawksbill
Kemp's Ridley
Leatherback
Loggerhead
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- How To Take Care Of Turtles Or Terrapins?
By: abhi sidana | - You will be surprised to know that a turtle and a terrapin are both different things. There are a few species of this creature. Turtles live in fresh water and oceans. Terrapins are type of turtles that live in brackish water.
So, if you are planning to own a pet turtle or terrapin for your family here are some great ideas so that you can know that how to take care of turtles.
Turtles are great creature as pets, in fact it's a great fun watching them at your o ...
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- Forex Trading - These Traders Made Millions After Just 14 Days Training!
By: monica hendrix | - The turtle story is a trading story that will inspire and motivate you. If you want to get some great forex education learn how a group of traders with no previous experience went on to make millions after just 14 days.
The experiment took place over 20 years ago.
Legendary trader Richard Dennis in 1983 set out to prove that successful trading could be learned by anyone who learned the right information and he set out to prove his point - He interviewed 23 people f ...
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- Oahu Secret: Laniakea Beach
By: Moon | - Just about one and a half mile from the Old Haleiwa Town on Kamehameha Highway in the island of Oahu is a feeding ground for the green sea turtles, the Laniakea beach. Once you arrive there, there are branches and shrubs covering a good portion of the beach. It almost seems as if someone had gone through a great deal in order to hide this beach from the public, especially when you see the signs and banners being behind the shrubs and branches where the drivers passing by on the two way lane won ...
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- Coral Bay Cyprus A Great Cyprus Holiday Resort
By: kevinor | - Coral Bay Cyprus A Great Cyprus Holiday Resort
Coral bay is situated a few kilometers north of Paphos and is home to some of the most exclusive hotels in the area and boast a beautiful sandy beach. All this makes it a perfect place for families and couples alike who want a luxury holiday with everything in one place including water sports, beach tavernas and plenty of good restaurants too. In fact if your ideal Cyprus holiday involves total relaxation and pampering Coral bay will ...
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- Essential Trading Books - The Way Of The Turtle
By: monica hendrix | - The turtle experiment took a group of people who had never traded before and trained them and the result? These traders went on to make hundreds of millions of dollars and become some of the most famous traders of all time.
The Way of the Turtle by Curtis M. Faith. Is a book written by one of the turtles themselves and is an excellent insight in what you need to do to become a successful trader. Curtis Faith speaks from the experience of having made $30 million for Dennis t ...
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- Brazil Is The Sun Soaked Party
By: Douglas Scott | - By day, holidays to Brazil are all about sinking your toes into the silky soft sands. Sitting back in your sun longer while a friendly local rattles you up a fiery drink. Joining in an energetic game of volleyball as a cool sea breeze washes over you.
By night, its about getting your glad rags on and shimmying down to the buzzing bars and clubs. One thing for sure, no one knows how to party quite like the Brazilians. Its in their blood. Its almost as if they were born quaffing an ...
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- Turtles Trading System - History, Rules And Strategy
By: Mark Crisp | - In 1983, Richard Dennis , the well-known speculator, had a disagreement with his friend Bill Eckhardt over whether skilled traders were born with the ability, or it was something that could be taught. They decided to test their theories, by teaching 13 beginners to trade. These beginners were known as the 'Turtles', and if they mastered trading, Dennis and Eckhardt would fund trading accounts for them. Over four years, the Turtles managed to earn a rate of return in excess of 80%. So the argumen ...
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- Turtles Trading System Really Works If You Have The Courage!
By: Mark Crisp | - The argument in the year 1983 between famous speculator Richard Dennis with his buddy Bill Eckhardt about great traders are born or trained resulted in training of 13 beginners in trade .They were funded and by continuous training for four years they mastered the rules, who were christened later as turtles. They showed a performance of earning a collective compound rate of return of over 80% and the Turtles trading system made a beginning.
The Turtles used 'Volatility normalization' ...
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- The Turtles -in 14 Days They Learned How To Make Millions
By: sacha tarkovsky | - The turtles were taught to become financial traders and none of them had any previous financial experience.
Before you say I couldn't do that read on because like the turtles you can because trading financial markets can be learned by anyone who is prepared to apply themselves to learn the right knowledge.
First let's look at the advantages of financial trading:
1. The major advantage is you can leverage your investment this means that if you have 1 ...
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- The Most Important Thing To Know About Reptiles
By: Gary Kurz | - The sudden popularity of reptiles and amphibians as pets, in particular exotics, has created a host of problems for those who want to keep them. Legislation regarding type, size, breeding restrictions and cage requirements have been swiftly passed at many levels of government to ensure that the general public and local fauna are not put at risk by the accidental introduction of non-indigenous species. Meeting these requirements can mean unexpected expense and frustration.
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- How To Take Care Of Your Horsfield Turtle
By: Dalvin Rumsey | - The most frequent species of turtles chosen as pets are horsfields and Russian tortoises. They are very little (about 15 cm in length) and are ideal for the English people because the temperature in U.K. favors them and their need to hibernate in winter. These tortoises have an olive colored carapace that presents blotches of dark brown color and yellowish brown legs and heads.
Environment
During the first years of life of your Russian turtle, you should carefully ...
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- The Most Frequent Species Of Turtles In The Spotlight
By: Dalvin Rumsey | - Turtles belong to the class of reptiles; what makes the difference from others is the shell, absent in other reptiles. The external shell is known as the carapace, while the interior is known as the plastron. The different species of turtles may be identified by the shape and color of their plastron and carapace. Some species are even characterized by a soft carapace.
The most common species are: the African Spurred tortoise (Geochelone Sulcata), the spotted turtle (Clemmys guttat ...
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- Pet Turtles And Possible Health Problems
By: Dalvin Rumsey | - In case your little turtle is ill, it is very important for its water to be very clean, for its food to be appropriate and carefully chosen and for the temperature to be sufficiently high. The absence of any of these factors causes your pet to get sick. Even the most expensive available treatment is useless, unless the above mentioned conditions are met.
If the turtle's condition seems to worsen or the environmental changes bring no improvement, a veterinarian must be consulted. Y ...
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- Fishing, Oysters, Alligators And Me!
By: Bob Alexander | - Sleet and occasional flurries of snow are making tap dancing sounds on my deck. Outside the cat is snuggled up inside his box in the garage. He's able to go outside if he wants, through the pet door which I have opened up again. A family of raccoons decided to move in with him and until they found a new home, I had to board up the pet door.
I'm keeping warm tonight by making plans for my summer vacation. I'm going to a warm and sunny beach on northern Florida's Gulf Coast. Hav ...
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- Turtles
By: Mar | - Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines (all living turtles belong to the crown group Chelonia), most of whose body is shielded by a special bony or cartilagenous shell developed from their ribs. The order of Testudines includes both extant (living) and extinct species, the earliest turtles being known from the early Triassic Period, making them one of the oldest reptile groups, and a much more ancient group than the lizards and snakes. About 300 species are alive today. Some species of tur ...
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- Proper Housing Arrangements For Red-footed Tortoises
By: Lizard Lounge | - The Red-Footed Tortoise is not a large turtle. It is not small either, being in the middle of the size range for turtles. This said, the Red-Footed Tortoise needs a very large area to live in a healthy manner. A minimum size for a habitat for these creatures should be roughly 2.5 metres by 2.5 metres. The best place to house these turtles is outside. There are several things that need attention though. The humidity should always be between 60% and 85%, and the temperature should never be below 5 ...
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- Protecting Sea Turtles
By: Danielle Rose | - Sea turtles are being protected around the world. National parks are set up along with farms and other organizations that are attempting to protect them. Sea turtles are a difficult animal to protect though because of their migratory habits. They arent the kind to stay in one place, and they only come ashore to nest. Most males will never come out of the water once they enter the ocean as a hatchling. The only time they may be seen out of the water is if they are basking in the sun.
T ...
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- Common Turtle Species
By: Danielle Rose | - Turtle Species
Turtles are cold-blooded reptiles. They have a shell making them unique from other reptiles. Their upper shell is called the carapace, and a lower shell that protects the belly called the plastron. The carapace and plastron shape and color varies from species to species. One might think it would at least always be a hard shell, which also is untrue. There are softshell turtle species, along with many others.
Some turtle species include Clemmys inscul ...
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