My New Turtle, Tokka...

[Fishy411]

thats a n awesome lookingn turtle. In the last pic his shell looks like it is carved from wood or something. Probly really good camo in the wild.

 

[SPLiSH]

thats a n awesome lookingn turtle. In the last pic his shell looks like it is carved from wood or something. Probly really good camo in the wild.

You wouldn't think they'd need camo: (hopefully) no animal is dim enough to go for something with a bite like an this little guy...

 

[Jen]

Whats the tube-y looking thing on his tounge?

He's super cute, by the way.

 

[Trevelyn1015]

i put 6 little $.10 feeder fish in his aquarium last night...

this morning there were 3 swimming around, 1 missing, 1 w/o a head, and 1 w/o a tail....

i think i am going to stop putting fish in there, but maybe 1 every couple of days...

 

[SirMinion]

Whats the tube-y looking thing on his tounge?

That's his trachea, his airway that he breathes through.

Many reptiles have seperate airways/food pipes unlike mammals who's airway and food pipe shares a common entrance.

 

[Jen]

Cool! I did not know that!

 

[Synirr]

You wouldn't think they'd need camo: (hopefully) no animal is dim enough to go for something with a bite like an this little guy...

But what about the animals he'd like to take a bite out of?

 

[SirMinion]

You wouldn't think they'd need camo: (hopefully) no animal is dim enough to go for something with a bite like an this little guy...

But what about the animals he'd like to take a bite out of?

Yep, camoflage isn't just for defence, its also used by predators to let them get close to their prey.

Think of tigers or polar bears.

 

[SPLiSH]

But what about the animals he'd like to take a bite out of?

I pity them. But he looks like he could give a nasty bite now, and he's tiny... I'd hate to be bitten by an adult.