SWIMMING SULCATAS!

[DeanS]

So! It seems that Leopards aren't the only swimming tortoises...my little sulcatas are enjoying a little exercise and playtime...well supervised I might add!

Climber

Eggroll

Jamie

Snowflake

 

[Fernando]

hahaha! That is amazing!

 

[ChiKat]

Jamie??

That's awesome Great pics!

 

[dmarcus]

Wow that is awesome, I would have been to scared to even let them get in water that deep...

 

[onarock]

LOL!! Those are some GREAT pics Dean. Wheres Aladar?

 

[DeanS]

Jamie??

That's awesome Great pics!

Yeah! Recent developments have indicated that 'Jimmy' is a 'Jamie'

 

[Jacob]

Hahhaa now thats awesome!

 

[GeoTerraTestudo]

That's cool. Yeah, boxies and torties do have some swimming ability, but not much, so I'm glad you were watching them.

 

[DeanS]

That's cool. Yeah, boxies and torties do have some swimming ability, but not much, so I'm glad you were watching them.

Are you kidding?!?!? After a few minutes Eggroll fell asleep...still floating...head above water...how's that for instinct! Snapped another picture then took her out of the water! I'll post that later...got a family emergency...GOTTA GO!

 

[Fernando]

Did you put them in an empty pool and fill up or did you drop them in the water already filled?

 

[GeoTerraTestudo]

That's cool. Yeah, boxies and torties do have some swimming ability, but not much, so I'm glad you were watching them.

Are you kidding?!?!? After a few minutes Eggroll fell asleep...still floating...head above water...how's that for instinct! Snapped another picture then took her out of the water! I'll post that later...got a family emergency...GOTTA GO!

Well, tortoises have been known to float across bodies of water and colonize new areas that way. That's why there are giant tortoises living on the volcanic Galapagos and Seychelles islands today. However, I have heard of tortoises drowning in captivity as well, so it depends.

 

[DixieParadise]

Great pics and very interesting. I would have been too scared to try that. I panic sometimes when I bathe Gypsy, thinking the water might be too deep.

 

[DeanS]

Did you put them in an empty pool and fill up or did you drop them in the water already filled?

Pre-filled with water temp around 85*

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...and as promised before I abruptly left earlier...sleeping swimmer...

 

[onarock]

Pic of the year!

 

[HankC13]

How hilarious. Great pics.

 

[dmarcus]

Pic of the year!

I agree..

 

[Starjelly]

Can Russians swim?....

 

[ticothetort2]

Awesome shots Dean, thanks for letting your little one's take the plunge!

 

[Neal]

Good are the pictures.

 

[DeanS]

Neal: But of course, what the eagle does not realize is that it is participating in a very crude form of natural selection.
One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.

I thought they had...40-something years ago! And his name was...GAMERA!