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media type="custom" key="21171980" Explorer-Alex Y Giant Tortoise KINGDOM-Animalia PHYLUM-Chordata CLASS-Reptilia ORDER-Testudines SUBORDER-Crypdodira SUPERFAMILY-Testudinoidea FAMILY-Testudinidae

Males and Females. In most species of Tortoises the female is larger than the male, but the males have a more protruding neck plate while the females have longer claws. The easiest way to tell between the two are to look at the tail. The females ones are shorter and dropped down while the males have a long tail and is pulled up. Babies. T he hatchlings weigh about 80 g and are only 6cm long. When they are fully grown they weigh 225kg and around 2 metres long. Size. The male Giant tortoises and female ones are around the same size and weight at 2m in length and 225kg. The babies are 80g and 6 cm in length. Breeding. Giant tortoises mate from june to december. They produce 2 to 16 eggs each time they lay eggs. The eggs stay in the nest for 4-8 months then break free. They then start to dig their way out of the nest, this could take up to a month! Habitat. They prefer to live on hot and dry land with alot of sand but some bushes and dirt and the zoo habitat that they live in was very similar to the one i have described. Food. Giant tortoises are herbivores and eat small grasses and flowers, because they have fairly long necks they can reach up high to get flowers to eat.

The giant tortoise interests me beacuse it is GIANT and very slow moving. The way they move is very peculier. Their behavior interests me the most. media type="custom" key="21304418".