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This study was done in 1999 in Uzbekistan. The tortoises were only active 3 months out of the year, 9 months of hibernation! They were only active <2 hours per favorable day and forged for <15 min per day. They also buried themselves at night in sand, and ate lots of poppies, a plant the tortoise table says never to feed. Very interesting read.