22-07-2006, 11:35 AM | #1 |
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Tortoises can hiss!
I learned this yesterday! For the first time ever, I gave my Horsefield a small slice of a strawberry. As he was eating it, it fell off the slate and onto the hemp. Bits were sticking to the strawberry and I was worried about him choking, so I went to pick the hemp off and move it back to the slate. And he hissed at me!!
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22-07-2006, 12:29 PM | #2 |
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I've been hissed at a few times I think I read somewhere its when the tort withdraws into its shell quickly air is expelled causing the hissing noise.
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