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tortoises101 said:In South Africa in parts of the Karoo, angulated tortoises have been known to squirt pee up to 1m with deadly accuracy.
Oh why they need to aim? Was it to fend off predator or to hunt prey?
Yesterday I was holding a red ear slider passed my narrow living room, making sure that he is held vertically above the path. However, he managed to fire a stream of urine onto my sofa on the left! My red ear is already an adult one and a half times length of my palm.