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Galapagos Tortoises at the Darwin Station Choose to Rest Together
Photo by Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US (2009) | Cropped
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Jan. 31, 2020
For the next several weeks, the Sofa Cushion Challenge will be hosting the Social Tortoise Series. There’s no denying that most tortoises live alone in the wild. Is that because they are anti-social? Or might it be because it takes so many square acres of today’s degraded habitat to feed just one? Each Friday, the ScC will make a post to social media, exploring that question in this new series.
In case you missed one or more installments, they will also appear on this page, in chronological order.
Starting now, Friday will be “Social Tortoise” day. There’s no denying that most wild tortoises live alone. But are they really anti-social? Or does it take so many square acres of today’s degraded habitat just to feed one? We’ll explore that question in this new series. https://t.co/2eG5ef09WE
— Sofa Cushion Challenge (@SofaCushionChal) January 30, 2020
“Social #Tortoise Series,” Week 2. Owen the baby hippo and Mzee the 130-year-old Aldabra tortoise adopt each other. Still think tortoises aren’t social?
— Sofa Cushion Challenge (@SofaCushionChal) February 6, 2020
(Warning: Aldabra & Galapagos tortoises can float but most tortoise species sink in deep water.) 😟https://t.co/rGo7JIk4ak
