swimming

[aprillinda]

not sure where to put this thread
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just seen amazing film showing aldabra tort swimmimg on ARKive

do other torts swim

does anybody have a tort that swims :?: :?:

back in a while just off to fill up the paddling pool for the reds :lol: :lol: :lol: just in case i really am joking

[sandy]

Well I know med torts dont swim, they drown.
I have seen a leopard in water, not sure if it were swimming or just walking through water.

[imported_Lowe]

Reds and Yellows will happily swim since they'd die in their natural habitat if they couldn't. Whilst they don't exactly make a good job of it, most tortoises will have a crack if the worst should happen but like Sandy says Meds don't often fair too well....

[tortoise_dude]

I have seen a yellow swimming

[leigh]

mine swim

[sandy]

It all depend on what is meant by swimming.

[aprillinda]

good point

the film clip i watched was actually an underwater view of the aldabra tort really swimimng in quite deep water which actually appeared to be the sea or a lagoon it also appeared that the tort was moving its limbs in an intended way not just bobbing along but as the clip was very short one never knows

[Henry-flash]

Well in a book i recently read about the galapogas torotises the genral therory seems to be that they got to the different islnds by swimming or floating in some manner.

[carl20]

yeah i heard that about the aldabra, my leopards swim when i put them in deep water,

[sarah]

I remember reading on an american forum that some one had a group of horsfields and they brought a new one and said the new one does not swim is there something wrong with it as it just sinks.