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It looks like a yellow to me Ed. If your not having any males is not keeping her with your reds an option?Thanks.
Rather than start a whole new pen devoted to Yellowfooteds, I think I'll have to pass on the offer.
I'll contact the person today and let them know that I'm not interested.
On my phone, the photos that they sent me looked red on the legs.
I think having them live together is frowned upon.It looks like a yellow to me Ed. If your not having any males is not keeping her with your reds an option?
It may be frowned upon by The Tortoise Gestapo, but the reality is that the two species are commonly found together in natural habitat in Brazil, Suriname and Guyana. In fact, they are often found literally in the same burrows.I think having them live together is frowned upon.
Reds with Yellows
Well said that man.It may be frowned upon by The Tortoise Gestapo, but the reality is that the two species are commonly found together in natural habitat in Brazil, Suriname and Guyana. In fact, they are often found literally in the same burrows.
I've heard rumors of hook-ups, but nothing more.Well said that man.
Carl, why do you think we don't see hybrids in nature, or do we?
Thanks for the kind words.Well said that man.
Carl, why do you think we don't see hybrids in nature, or do we?
Fellow birder?Thanks for the kind words.
The reason why hybrids don't exist in nature is because the two species have developed complex and largely unknown (to we humans) ways of telling just who is who. There are olfactory, visual, and behavioral ques that have kept them apart.
We could look at the numerous 'confusing fall warblers' of the birding world that migrate from the N.E. down through Florida and into the tropics and ask, "Why don't they all hybridize, since they all look basically the same and live in the same places?"
There are many intricate puzzles in the natural world that we simply don't have answers to. Anyone who tries to convince themselves that they have all the answers is just inviting embarrassment.