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bob mention that he doesnt dig out the eggs to incubate ,guess is the theory of only the strong survives ?
bob mention that he doesnt dig out the eggs to incubate ,guess is the theory of only the strong survives ?
bob mention that he doesnt dig out the eggs to incubate ,guess is the theory of only the strong survives ?
If you live in the area like him than his torts are likely to do good because they are hatched in and used to the environment they may even evolve to do better in that specific environment because of natural selection if hatched tortoises
The problem is NOBODY else raises them 'African' style...and almost all babies produced...except for those reigning from Santa Clarita...are raised dry! I can't say anymore or might leak Tom's next project...which I should leave to him...but I'll be doing the same thing with the few sources I have...To elaborate further: I have heard many people say that the ones hatching out of the ground are more vigorous, "stronger", or somehow better and more fit. My personal observation have been just the opposite. Mine hatch out of the ground and they are just fine, but the ones I hatch inside and start with my African Rainy season simulation routine simply thrive. It takes a week or two of constant "nursing" to get the in-gound ones up to the same level as the incubated ones. I suspect that if a person was using the dry routine for their babies, then their incubated ones would be lacking vigor and health, while the ones coming out of the ground would be at a more developed stage and seem healthier somehow.
I think a person's opinion on this is going to vary with how they start their babies.
Yeah but you have to start somewhere.To see this sort of "evolution" would take at least a few generations, wouldn't it? Probably many many generations, right? They have not been there that long.
And if this were what was going on, wouldn't mine also "evolve" and be "used to" my environment, which is not all that different than AZ in the first place?
The channel deletes the content but kamp kenan has it on his channel I think in stead of animal bytesSomehow the video link are not there anymore......??How come??
Thank you!!!The channel deletes the content but kamp kenan has it on his channel I think in stead of animal bytes
i watch animal bytes all the time i remember when it was snakebytes wish they still did that.
that is a HUGE sully i wonder if females have any problems with holding him during breeding....
True also a picture of their huge burrowThat picture should be on the fish tank of every tortoise that pet stores sell.
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Does anyone else have anymore pictures or videos of monstrous sulcatas?it is here!!
this is a sulcata that is kept in the zoo in Mexico City.....sorry I could not get a better shot; but it was keeping a low profile Biggest I have seen (no one there could tell he his age)