Examples of using Tortoises in English and their translations into Hebrew
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Land-dwelling tortoises, meanwhile, have domed shells that can slip free of predators' jaws
Indoors, redfoot tortoises can be maintained at normal room temperatures: 68 to 80 degrees.
The tortoises differ too because their shells have evolved into the different shapes best suited for eating the food available on their own particular island.
Berlin- Scientists have observed wild chimpanzees tucking into an unusual snack: tortoises, whose hard shells they crack against tree trunks before scooping out the meat.
Of the four types of giant tortoises once present on islands in the Indian Ocean, only the Aldabra Tortoise survived beyond the beginning of the 19th century.
The adult tortoises have no natural predators apart from humans;
Domestic goats that have run wild are eating the tortoises food and destroying the precious plant cover that they need for shade.
Tortoises are able to sunbathe out in the open because their strong bony shell gives them almost complete protection from predators.
home for the largest population of free-roaming giant tortoises, a study has shown that they're crucial to the health of all the surrounding wildlife.
Now the tortoises can find the shade that is so important for them
When Saint Saëns wanted to evoke tortoises in‘The Carnival of Animals,' he not only used a radically slowed-down version of a high-energy dance, the Can-Can,” Schlenker notes.
Giant land tortoises are also in residence,
But perhaps the most extraordinary thing about the Galapagos tortoises is that they're not all the same.
This morning the park ranger in charge of looking after the tortoises found Lonesome George,
Giant tortoises so impressed the ancient mariners that they named these islands after them.
In addition to its rich avian life Aldabra is the habitat of 200000 giant lands tortoises, Five times as many as the Galapagos.
Gopher tortoises may seem to be unassuming creatures
Cleaning must be done on a regular basis, as most tortoises tend to soak in their dishes and defecate in them.
The offspring of these tortoises may have a slightly different shell that gives them a slightly better chance of surviving on their island.
its rich avian life, Aldabra is the habitat of 200,000 giant land tortoises- five times as many as the Galapagos.