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Let us see what this arable land giveth me.
Earth apples?
Nay. Alas, 't is no fruit of the earth! I labored in vain!
I checked up on my tortoise Scruffy since spring had finally arrived. I was worried something went wrong during hibernation. Luckily, she's still very much alive, but sleepy.
Seymour was already basking in the sun last week
Bonus from last year.
JustTakeItAtFaceValue
"It just turned spring like 3 days ago Vince, jeezus. 2 more weeks..." -panel 4 turtle.
SqueegeeMe
Waaaaaay better origin story then the new Mutant Turtle movies.
babelincoln27
I watched the first GIF for way too fucking long, thinking it was all in one.
martianmartini4
We named our turtle Myrtle before we found out he was a boy. Now he's Mr. Turtle.. We also have Dess, the Dessert turtle.
Sheari
Had to scroll to make sure it wasn't a spider. +1 @OP
YouJustActivatedMyTrapCard
What a gorgeous little dude. :3
artisviolent
Was expecting tarantula
neil137
you can just bury them? they dont breathe?
Dnn926
Does the animal got harmed in this video?
SwissFarts
I'm glad this was a tortoise, I thought you had dug up the rotting dental track of a corpse
TheStaffmaster
aren't you supposed to do that with a moist towel and a burped tupperware in the crisper drawer?
Fishtank307
You could do that. But if you make sure the temp in their enclosure is stable, it's fine.
ThankGoodnessYourHerePrematureEjaculationMan
Do they bury themselves?
bellaluna
That's a weird looking hamburger.
manupug
shake it clean
StumbleJunkie
I was expecting a skeleton
enybi
Was so worried this would be a well camouflaged spider Gif, my relief is great
Aquatomahawk
I lost my tortoise when I was 4 while cleaning its cage found him 3 years later he tunneled thru the neighborhood
HobbitHouse
my friend lost hers for a year (grown woman) and also found it a year later
Aquatomahawk
They are soooo much faster than they look
tossitall
nom nom nom nom, delicious strawberry
gordy77
Far out, at first I though it was a grenade!
Duceh123
Did the turtle bury it self that deep?
Fishtank307
Yes :)
laplance93
How did you know where it was hibernating?
bakedcadet
My friends tortoise Robert just woke its ass up last week, then it started being cold again in SoCal. Hope it's not confused.
bentheretoo
Great, now kids will think they can dig up their dead pets in the spring and they'll be alive.
thefrayedendsofsanity
https://youtu.be/F3J0iwwsq-w
HobbitHouse
don't let your kids surf imgur
MoonBaseClavius
Sometimes dead is better.
Agisek
Wait, you can't?
thetoshjosh
After finding nemo coming out kids all over America where flushing down their fish the toilet, so I think it's not that unreal
AllyP
This. This actually happened to me. The excitement & then my parents quickly ushering me away...
AllyP
Tortoises that is, not the rabbit or Guinea pig
Imostlycommunicateusinggifs
do you put them underground yourself or do they burrow?
Fishtank307
They burrow. Then I cover the spot with leaves to prevent the ground from freezing. Air is a great insulator!
Imostlycommunicateusinggifs
wow! thanks for the info! pretty interesting creatures!
modonoBaron
I honestly had no idea how they hibernated, thanks for the info
Schmuck4hire
How do you keep her beak short? I have a slate for mine to eat his food on, but I still had to resort to nail clippers, last year.
Fishtank307
I just feed them all sorts of soft and hard vegetables and weeds. They're about 7 years old now, but their beaks have never been trimmed
Fishtank307
You could place a cuttlebone in their enclosure.
Schmuck4hire
I did once, but mine completely ignored it. But what do you feel counts as a hard vegetable? Broccoli?
Fwatair
My friend's sister had a class tortoise that went into brumation that thought it had died and buried it, but it then died, her teacher 1/2
Fwatair
Didn't tell her that might happen. Fuckin idiots.
Fishtank307
Shit, that's dumb..
FishingForConversation
How'd he get there?
Fishtank307
He burrowed for the winter
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Fishtank307
I filled a hole with loose potting ground and that's the only place they dig. It's underneath their little house (you can see it in the
Fishtank307
picture) It's also the warmest place in their enclosure :) They slow down their breathing alot, so I gues the air that penetrates the soil
Fishtank307
is enough. Their metabolism in general slows down, so they don't really need alot of oxygen...
TinyPhoenix
Do they usually dig themselves out again when ready or must you always dig them up yourself?
Fishtank307
Normally they dig themselves out. You should let nature do its work. But it's been 15°C for almost three weeks and she was still asleep.
Fishtank307
My other tortoise was already awake, so I was worried something went wrong. That's why I dug her up. I did put her back, but normally that's
Fishtank307
not the way to go
McCullochYO
We've always avoided letting our tortoise - Stig - hibernate. I've heard stuff about food rotting in their stomachs while they sleep.
Fishtank307
You should let them hibernate. You could give him warm baths prior to hibernation. That way, they move their bowels.
Fishtank307
But still, I don't have a 'protocol' before hibernation. They just stop eating weeks before. I've never had any problems
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
Thats why you don't feed them for several weeks before you hibernate them.
Fishtank307
Yes! I keep mine outside. When it gets colder, they just stop eating and after three weeks, they start hibernating
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
That works!
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
That works!
AerospaceAce2
I thought you buried your tortoise at first! I had no idea they hibernate.
IAmYourGodNow
They can. However they don't have to. When kept indoors you can keep them at the same temp and they just won't.
erincpotterart
Can they survive ground freeze?
Fishtank307
Yeah, species that live in temperate climates do hibernate :)
ArthurPhillipDent
I didnt realise they actually buried themselves though. Most animals just go into a burrow in a coma right?
AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes
I found out hibernating resets my russian tortoises hormones so he can get his turtle fuck on and make little turtle babies
MrWolfwood
Do they dig the hole?
badhabitaddict
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Fishtank307
Yes, they burrow. Scruffy was about 25cm deep in the ground!
HobbitHouse
that explains a lot - my friend's went missing one summer and showed up fine a year later
brknsoul
I missed the apostrophe-s, though your friend went missing. :-P
HobbitHouse
now when she lets him roam the yard, she has a flag on his back to keep an eye on him
sparklepantsthedestroyer
Now all I can think of is that tortoise heading out yelling FOR THE EMPEROR
TurtleX
Lol
rammerass92
Do you have examples of species that do this?
theitinerantnaturalist
Russian tortoises
Fishtank307
Testudo Hermanni Hermanni, Testudo Hermanni Boettgeri, Agrionemys Horsfieldii, Testudo Graeca, Testudo Marginata, Gopherus agassizii,
Fishtank307
Gopherus polyphemus and Gopherus berlandieri. Damn that's a lot of Latin :D