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tortoises <a tortoise; tortoises> N

tortoises

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The choked, overgrown moat is limpid today with tortoises swimming in it.
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Gopher tortoises have been known to scavenge carrion and eat excrement.
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Scientific collection expeditions took 661 tortoises between 1888 and 1930, and more than 120 tortoises have been taken by poachers since 1990.
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These forests also provide habitat for gopher tortoises, which, as keystone species, dig burrows that provide habitat for hundreds of other species of animals.
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Not only dogs and cats, but also pet monkeys, tortoises, otters, rabbits, squirrels and songbirds such as canaries, nightingales, goldfinches, larks, linnets, parrots, magpies and jackdaws.
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Little fresh water is available for drinking in the tortoises' natural habitat, so they obtain most of their moisture from their food.
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Among the contraband were 54 live ploughshare tortoises of which there are an estimated 200 to 400 left in the wild.
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Like most turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell.
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The structure of this feeding apparatus appears convergent on that of tortoises and indicates adaptation to a diet of plants.
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Early in the morning, marginated tortoises bask in the sun to raise their body temperature, and then search for food.
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