We have one that comes to our hummingbird feeder. My husband popped one of the plastic flowers off to make a larger hole. I never thought they liked sugar nectar, but hey, they do.😁
😂 California is originally an island, Joshua tree is from all the sediment flowing down from Yellowstone into the island of California, literally where Joshua tree is was water on all maps 400 years ago, what a joke of an explanation
That's right. Because the land mgmt practices don't allow natural small burns, the understory get s too dense and when lightning does strike (as was the case in this fire) the fires burn too hot and sterilize the soils along with destroying otherwise flame resistant cork cambiums. Thanks government!
Could we not add watering stations throughout Joshua tree I live in Palm Desert I’ve seen that they do that in the Sahara desert in their national parks for their animals like a watering hole and they fill up the tank when needed. They also put a camera on it so they can see what wildlife uses it.
Mask outside what for. Man I really think people have let their brain just fall out of their head. No critical thinking like looking around and thinking I am in the middle of the desert with no one around and just nature. Why the heck do I need a mask out here.
Why not have them breed like crazy in captivity with these officials and release them into the wild? Also Increase the population with certified breeders. Maybe the pet trade might help with increasing their population? Or is there a high risk with the respiratory infection? Sucks wish they were thriving. Just seeing so many sulcatas and other foreign tortoises thriving in captivity makes you wonder about these rules.
I live in Little Rock Arkansas and recently came across a desert tortoise who became a family member...I'm not sure how he got here...Maybe the tornado we had here on 3/31 brought him here from somewhere else but he is an amazing creature
There truly one of the dumbest animals alive there only self defense is to piss on themselves if they feel threatened they also get lost forever if the are picked up and moved even the slightest bit off path that’s why there almost exiting evolutions a bitch
I love tortoises, but i have only seen 1 in the wild. I read that 30 years ago eagles started picking up desert tortoises and dropping them from hight to smash them so they can eat them. Is this true?
