#tortoises — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Argentine black and white #tegus – omnivorous #lizards that grow to 120 cm and weigh over 4 kg – are spreading across southeastern #Georgia after exotic pet owners likely released them illegally. 🦎

Each female can produce 35 #eggs per year, and with few #predators, the population threatens native species like gopher #tortoises. 🐢

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/georgia-invasive-lizard/

#invasivespecies #ecology #wildlife #biology #conservation #nature #reptiles #argentina #science #environment

Painting on paper, 20 x 20 cm: Ambiguous impulses for your mental cinema!
#kunst #contemporaryArt #mentalCinema #analogArt #painting #rubberStamp #reliefPrinting #saveBioDiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #noAFD #NoRacism #NoFascism #laurelWreath #monkey #chimpanzee #smartphone #cellphone #communication #mobilePhone #skull #death #mementomori #vanitas #fragilitas #finiteness #mortality #emblematy #negative #opposition #positive #tortoises #turtles #slowdown

Galapagos tortoise passes at about 141, bobcats on the roof, random dogs to make your day, and surprise cat attack.

  https://cutetropolis.com/2025/11/26/links-good-night-gramma/  

#bobcats #cats #dogs #kittens #pups #tortoises

What 70 Celebrity Tortoises Can Teach Us About Conservation Stories
https://therevelator.org/celebrity-tortoises/

"Last November #conservationists carefully carried 70 young, critically #endangered #Mojave #DesertTortoises to the #reptiles’ natural habitat on Edwards Air Force Base... six months later, this past April, news of their fate came out: The #tortoises had emerged from their burrows healthier and stronger than ever, a notable milestone in the ongoing #tortoise #conservation story."

What 70 Celebrity Tortoises Can Teach Us About Conservation Stories
https://therevelator.org/celebrity-tortoises/

"Last November #conservationists carefully carried 70 young, critically #endangered #Mojave #DesertTortoises to the #reptiles’ natural habitat on Edwards Air Force Base... six months later, this past April, news of their fate came out: The #tortoises had emerged from their burrows healthier and stronger than ever, a notable milestone in the ongoing #tortoise #conservation story."

Here's your daily¹ reminder that turtles are not "inside" their shells. They *are* their shells.

(¹ok, so it's not really daily)

#turtle #turtles #tortoises #TurtlesOfMastodon #TortoisesOfMastodon #testudines #chordata #reptiles #animal #animals #shell #skeleton #bones #education

#IAmDB

Spring is in the air in the #Mojave! I happened to capture this image of a mating pair of Mojave desert #tortoises (#Gopherus #agassizii) last weekend during a #drone survey - a first! That's an active burrow to the left.

#drones #aiforwildlife #aiforconservation #computervision #deserttortoises

Spring is in the air in the #Mojave! I happened to capture this image of a mating pair of Mojave desert #tortoises (#Gopherus #agassizii) last weekend during a #drone survey - a first! That's an active burrow to the left.

#drones #aiforwildlife #aiforconservation #computervision #deserttortoises

The #GalápagosNationalPark Directorate, in collaboration with the organization #GalápagosConservancy, released the 86 #hatchlings, aged between 5 & 6 years, of the #Chelonoidis #hoodensis #species that is #endemic to #EspañolaIsland in the #Galápagos .
The #animals come from the #CaptiveBreeding center of #SantaCruzIsland - located in the center of the #archipelago

https://www.laprensalatina.com/86-captive-bred-galapagos-tortoises-released-into-native-habitat/amp/

#GoodNews #nature #wildlife #tortoises #SeaCreatures #MarineBiology #ecology #biodiversity #ProtectTheWild