17-07-2006, 06:08 PM | #1 |
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swimming
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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 just in case i really am joking |
17-07-2006, 06:19 PM | #2 |
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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.
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17-07-2006, 06:24 PM | #3 |
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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....
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17-07-2006, 06:40 PM | #4 |
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I have seen a yellow swimming
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17-07-2006, 09:14 PM | #5 |
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mine swim
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17-07-2006, 09:33 PM | #6 |
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It all depend on what is meant by swimming.
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17-07-2006, 09:37 PM | #7 |
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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 |
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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.
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18-07-2006, 02:12 AM | #9 |
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yeah i heard that about the aldabra, my leopards swim when i put them in deep water,
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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.
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