Curious eating habit

[Tim Carlisle]

So I have Ghost outside catching some rays and noticed something odd while it's grazing. Most species I've raised use their beak and front claws to comb their food apart. As Ghost was attacking a poor defenseless dandelion, I noticed it would chomp a leaf, then quickly lunge its entire body backwards to tear the leaf off. Is this normal behavior for a sully? Kind cool to watch.

 

[Bambam1989]

My young sulcata does this when grazing. It looks like he is playing tug-o-war with the plants. Uses his paws alot more when the plants are loose

 

[ascott]

So I have Ghost outside catching some rays and noticed something odd while it's grazing. Most species I've raised use their beak and front claws to comb their food apart. As Ghost was attacking a poor defenseless dandelion, I noticed it would chomp a leaf, then quickly lunge its entire body backwards to tear the leaf off. Is this normal behavior for a sully? Kind cool to watch.

Normal for a variety of tortoise.