Do you know the difference between a tortoise and a turtle?
Both turtles and tortoises are reptiles, but are from different classification families. The major difference between the two is that tortoises dwell on land, while turtles live in the water some or nearly all of the time. Turtles tend to have webbed feet for swimming, where as, tortoises have round, stumpy feet and claws that they use for walking on land and digging.
Red Foot Tortoise
Red footed tortoises can be found in southern Central America and throughout much of Northern South America and thrive in dry forest areas, grasslands, and the savanna. They are considered medium sized tortoises and can grow to be between 12-16 inches in size. Red foots are omnivorous with a diet based on a wide assortment of plants, mostly fruit when available, but also including grasses, flowers, fungi, carrion, and invertebrates. Like most tortoises, red foots have a long lifespan, living to be over 50 years old.
Meet our red footed tortoises! Exotic Edventures keeps all of our tortoises indoors during the winter months and during the warmer months we have outdoor "tortoise condos", where our tortoises can enjoy the sunshine. Our red foots are fed daily and get a variety of fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers, Mazuri tortoise diet, meal worms, pinkie mice, and hard boiled eggs.
Interaction Level: Extremely Interactive Audience: Great for all ages
Conservation Status: Stable Species
African Spurred Tortoise (Sulcata)
The African spurred tortoise, also called known as the sulcata tortoise, is a species of tortoise which inhabits the southern edge of the Sahara desert in northern Africa. These tortoises keep cool in this hot climate by digging dens to dwell in during the heat of the day. These dens offer the tortoises a cooler, more humid area to inhabit and a refuge from the 120 degree temperature. In there native habitat, sulcatas eat grasses, flowers, weeds, and cacti.
Sulcatas are the third-largest species of tortoise in the world after the Galapagos tortoise and the Aldabra giant tortoise. Adult sulcatas can reach 33 inches in lenght and can weigh up to 200 pounds. The lifespan of the sulcata ranges from 50-150 years, but they have been known to live even longer.
Exotic Edventures keeps all of our sulcata tortoises indoors during the winter months and during the warmer months we have outdoor "tortoise condos", where our tortoises can enjoy the sunshine. Our sulcatas are fed daily and get a variety of fresh grasses, hay, dark leafy greens, flowers, cactus pads, and Mazuri tortoise diet.
Interaction Level: Extremely Interactive Audience: Great for all ages
Conservation Status: Vulnerable Species
Leopard Tortoise
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Our leopard tortoises are fed daily and get a variety of fresh grasses, hay, dark leafy greens, flowers, cactus pads, and Mazuri tortoise diet.
Interaction Level: Extremely Interactive Audience: Great for all ages
Conservation Status: Stable Species
Russian Tortoise
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Interaction Level: Extremely Interactive Audience: Great for all ages