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Some images to make your tortoises clothes feel tight and a bit moist. Images are mine and a friend, Reza. Will
billskleins said:Great photos.
Really would like to visit one day.
But as a casual tourist I know I would never get to see these tortoises.
So thanks for sharing.
Will said:Chersina: A study plot run by Sue Milton and Richard Dean west of Prince Albert RSA, and Karoo National Botanic gardens.
Geometrics and Femoralis: at a I signed my life away to not say location.
Tents: at the Milton/Dean plot, and along the southern border of Karoo National Park, more or less.
All these images are taken during the southern hemisphere's very early spring.
That male femoralis off the ground in the photo, mouth agape, he wanted to bite, he even tried to take quick nips as he was turned so the sun would illuminate the photo.
Will
Sulcata_Sandy said:Will said:Chersina: A study plot run by Sue Milton and Richard Dean west of Prince Albert RSA, and Karoo National Botanic gardens.
Geometrics and Femoralis: at a I signed my life away to not say location.
Tents: at the Milton/Dean plot, and along the southern border of Karoo National Park, more or less.
All these images are taken during the southern hemisphere's very early spring.
That male femoralis off the ground in the photo, mouth agape, he wanted to bite, he even tried to take quick nips as he was turned so the sun would illuminate the photo.
Will
OMG OMG! Will, I've been looking for a Geometric! Read a ton about them, and my boss goes to Namibia every year as a volunteer wildlife DVM. She can't say enough awesome things about that species. Do you have any pix?
Any MORE pix...ugh
Will said:Some images to make your tortoises clothes feel tight and a bit moist. Images are mine and a friend, Reza. Will
Your definitely right Will. Did some checking a week ago or so. Well my buddy whom does all the regulation and permit writing for zoos. Absolute zero known ISIS p.geometricus species are being worked with. Sad IMO really these are way more detrimented of a species of chelonian than any Malagasy species. Yniphora actually outnumbers geometricus in wild and captive population together. Such beautiful and unique animals. My most desired species to work with for sure. Too bad I can't see the pics. I understand reasons for taking them down though. Say any idea of any homopus intergrading studies done with colleagues you know down there? I know there have been documented tentorius/oculifera inter grades, but I'm curious if any homopus have?Hi TFO friends,
I took the images down, they were attracting, IMO, the wrong kind of attention.
We often talk about ploughshare tortoises how cool they are, and the pros and cons to their captive and wild state, how they are used for one agenda or another blah blah blah.
But many are doing OK in captivity, and breeding and are now legal, one way or another in some collections around the world.
I don't know if there is even one legal geometric anywhere in the world ex-situ, that is open, displayed and bred. There may be tight lipped closet breeders out there, no doubt there are.
I wanted to share a wildlife experience, that is what is most interesting to me. That I garnered some other perspectives that I had not anticipated is as much my own fallacy of thought as some of what popped up due to the images displayed.
If you love them that much I would be happy to direct you where a few $$ might help those folks in that country do better with their wild management.
Those images were from the effort of a friend, so they are now back in his keeping.
Sorry, my bad.
Will