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I like to note the fact that as soon as she was flipped over he stopped pushing, so I actually think this was non aggressive and he had an instinct to help her out somehow knowing she had his clutch. How cool!
I think the male was saving the female by flipping her back over on her feet. I love this video! I love learning about turtles and tortoises! Thank you!
I definitely would like to think (and choose to think) that they are helping each other vs. just doing it by chance. I firmly believe every type of animal has a personality and has feelings to some extent though they may not be tantamount to how humans feel! ❤
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Im so glad you mentioned the pulling in head and hissing as i thought my tort was pissy with me earlier.😂 She lives inside as im in uk but as its summer i carry her outside to her outdoor enclosure.
My redfoot and my box turtles have eaten everything from caught field mice to fish that jumped out of my tank. Put them in the pen and they eat it all. it's like a treat once in awhile and nothing gets wasted
I love your channel! Growing up with a big brother who's totally into reptiles, I was always fascinated by snakes, turtles, lizards, tortoises, etc. Hard not to be, when big brother lets you hang around and learn, too!!
All very interesting facts. Especially the "flip back onto feet", sometimes I wonder if we humans are missing important information about the intelligence and compassion of some species. There is a difference between anthropomorphizing and unbiased observation of animals.
I definitely think they flip each other back over to help each other! I’ve seen videos where it’s clear that the tortoise is “strategically” maneuvering around in a way that is meant to right the other tort!
If they didn't have an instinct to flip each other back onto their stomachs, it might make for too few turtles over all. I think that instict and choice could both be at play
So, I’d love to say, “Yes! he purposely flipped her back over” but I’m not sure if that’s true or not. One thing I’ve learned though is that reptiles are smarter than humans have given them credit for. So yeah, maybe he did because he wanted her to live to give birth to his young?
A while back, I worked at a park in NJ when I was a teenager, and I picked up this box turtle to help it cross the road one time. As I carried it gently to the other side, it made a high pitch squeal like a baby 😂 and it stopped screaming once I placed him back down safely in the woods. 🐢❤️
I don’t have any of these animals but love your info. I would not ever get one since I think all animals who can live a normal wild life should do so but I would love to care for one if it came my way. Always enjoy your videos, thanks!
I want to believe that they are helping the one flipped over! I don't know for sure! Because I don't presently own a tortoise! But would like to get a smaller one someday! I love to watch all your videos! ❤
My Indian Star was REALLY interested in some cheese I accidentally dropped on the floor the other day...that really surprised me, but he trys to get into everything I think the flip over was intentional in a helpful way. They have soul for sure🥰
Turtles will flip each other over too. There's a video of a huge number of turtles in relatively shallow water, and one of them is upside down and the other turtles swarm the one in trouble and flip it over. I think it's a survival instinct.
As a species humans unfortunately tend to really minimize the intelligence and emotional capacities of the other animal species. I've seen too many videos where it takes a concerted effort and a fair bit of time plus sometimes a group effort to right an overturned tortoise. It's too focused to be coincidental or just "get out of my way". They could move them out of the way by shoving them over still on their backs. This just looks too intentional.
I’m going to go middle of the road here, I do believe that if the females are territorial, they definitely do it on purpose. I also believe that the tortoises help each other out. It just seems so natural to them. It’s instinct.
I'm no expert but I like to think they flip each other back upright to help the one in distress. The male may have saved the female because she is one of his group of females?
it might be more a “stop actin weird” social instinct due to the flailing perhaps risking attracting predators? similar to fish biting those that swim out of formation but nicer
I believe they are trying to help. Overall, though, i think we know far less about animal communication than we think we know, so thats usually my position. Because they dont communicate in ways we understand or are able to observe, we assume they cant or dont. Time, I hope, will teach the humans better.
I put my box turtle out in the backyard. I went inside to answer the phone (left cell phone inside) and caught him eating a dead rat! I quickly took it away fearing that it may have died from rat poison. I have no idea where he got it because I wasn't gone very long. It taught me how fast they can get into trouble when not watched. I haven't set up an area with a screen yet. I will get right on that.
For whatever reason, I have found that it is rare for my Kinixys to excrete any urates. I've always wondered why. And now that I'm keeping a Greek Tortoise, I regularly see urates. Have you experienced anything similar with Kinixys Chris?
It's probably instinctual for them to help each other right themselves when they find another in trouble. These animals are happy alone but will share a burrow too. I wonder if it's more likely a male would help a female than a female helping another female or a male helping another male, like its somehow related to mating.
My best friend has a sweet Labradoodle dog. She has a grass yard boarderedby woods. Every day, her dog goes for a run in the yard. One day, she noticed the dog came back holding a box turtle in its mouth. She refused to release it, but ran around the perimeter of the yard and released it at the edge of the woods. From that day on, the dog met the turtle at the edge of the yard, picked it up in its mouth, and ran the perimeter of the yard with the turtle in it's mouth! Obviously BFF!
If the flipping behaviour stops after the animal is flipped back the right way, then it's probably help and not aggression. Cause aggression would stop there, it'd go on. I have wondered that before but it does seem like they are actually helping and going about their day afterwards. But it's really hard to say. I speak "human" and even with them it's sometimes hard to know what's going on, even if we DO know a whole array of solid options why a behaviour appears in people 😂. There's still surprises sometimes. It might also be a combination. If the distressed animal is sending some sort of signal that we don't perceive, then maybe flipping it over is an act of "Oh for heck's sake, will you please be quiet. There. Now scram!"
I think it's with the intention on saving the other tortoise....as there are so many video's with literal swarms going to right the the single animal and there are also videos or turtle doing the same thing too in the water!!!
It is probably both reasons, cuz each person, animal and reptile have different personalities and also learn with age (like wisdom i suppose). A young tortoise is probably being aggressive but maybe an adult tortoise is actually recognizing that thier mate/friend is in distress. It's not too complicated if u realize that thier brains, more than likey, work similarly as animals and peoples, but in thier own unique way.
I assume that a species where the individuals flipped each other back onto their bellies just had better survival chances, particularly in smaller populations. If you just kill off half of the population in every wrestle for a nesting site, you might become extinct (at least locally) pretty soon. Therefor: Yes, I believe they purposefully flip each other into the correct side again, but it's probably an instinctive behaviour honed by evolution.
Right or wrong, my theory has always been that it’s a selfish gesture when a male flips a female to “save” her. It always seems to be a male that does this to a female. Therefore, I think the male is protecting his chances to mate. He can’t mate with a female if she is on her back.
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Have you considered doing a video about ornate box turtles? I have one I've had for 20 years and I never hear anyone talk about them.
I like to note the fact that as soon as she was flipped over he stopped pushing, so I actually think this was non aggressive and he had an instinct to help her out somehow knowing she had his clutch. How cool!
I think the male was saving the female by flipping her back over on her feet. I love this video! I love learning about turtles and tortoises! Thank you!
I definitely would like to think (and choose to think) that they are helping each other vs. just doing it by chance. I firmly believe every type of animal has a personality and has feelings to some extent though they may not be tantamount to how humans feel! ❤
0:00 Urate excretions
1:27 Air hissing sound
2:01 Carnivorous eating
3:24 Combative females
4:58 Flipping over
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Im so glad you mentioned the pulling in head and hissing as i thought my tort was pissy with me earlier.😂 She lives inside as im in uk but as its summer i carry her outside to her outdoor enclosure.
This is one of my FAVORITE you tube channels....LOVE YOU GUYS....
I think they are helping another tortoise in distress. They are intelligent animals that recognize each other. 😊
My redfoot and my box turtles have eaten everything from caught field mice to fish that jumped out of my tank. Put them in the pen and they eat it all. it's like a treat once in awhile and nothing gets wasted
The very varied normal tortoise diet is reassuring to hear you say it since I have seen it exhibited in my healthy Russian tortoises for years.
I really enjoy this channel so much I never thought I could love them so much 💝💝💝💝
I think they have empathy, and they DO live together.🖤🇨🇦
I love your channel! Growing up with a big brother who's totally into reptiles, I was always fascinated by snakes, turtles, lizards, tortoises, etc. Hard not to be, when big brother lets you hang around and learn, too!!
This was so interesting, thank you! I definitely think that they are trying to help when they help flip each other right side up 💕
Thanks for another educational video 👀💚🐢🐢🐢🐢
All very interesting facts. Especially the "flip back onto feet", sometimes I wonder if we humans are missing important information about the intelligence and compassion of some species. There is a difference between anthropomorphizing and unbiased observation of animals.
I definitely think they flip each other back over to help each other! I’ve seen videos where it’s clear that the tortoise is “strategically” maneuvering around in a way that is meant to right the other tort!
The only vocalization my tortoise ever makes is his impersonation of a howler monkey while he is riding his love blanket.
Wow. I’ll never see toothpaste the same again. 😳😖😜
If they didn't have an instinct to flip each other back onto their stomachs, it might make for too few turtles over all.
I think that instict and choice could both be at play
I like it best when, while you're speaking and sharing this great info, the camera is focused on the tortoises.
So, I’d love to say, “Yes! he purposely flipped her back over” but I’m not sure if that’s true or not. One thing I’ve learned though is that reptiles are smarter than humans have given them credit for. So yeah, maybe he did because he wanted her to live to give birth to his young?
A while back, I worked at a park in NJ when I was a teenager, and I picked up this box turtle to help it cross the road one time. As I carried it gently to the other side, it made a high pitch squeal like a baby 😂 and it stopped screaming once I placed him back down safely in the woods. 🐢❤️
What fascinates me is gow my baby russians touch noses and often take turns eating
I personally would like to think that the tortoises help each other out as much as they can when they are in distress. ❤
I don’t have any of these animals but love your info. I would not ever get one since I think all animals who can live a normal wild life should do so but I would love to care for one if it came my way. Always enjoy your videos, thanks!
Cool facts 🙂👍🐢
Thank you for another great educational video content love turtles tortoises Etc 😻😻😺😺❤️❤️💜💜
I want to believe that they are helping the one flipped over! I don't know for sure! Because I don't presently own a tortoise! But would like to get a smaller one someday! I love to watch all your videos! ❤
I've got a bowsprit tortoise 😊😊 🐢🐢🐢 all the way from SA 🇿🇦
My Indian Star was REALLY interested in some cheese I accidentally dropped on the floor the other day...that really surprised me, but he trys to get into everything
I think the flip over was intentional in a helpful way. They have soul for sure🥰
Every year i see them flip each other back over in yard
Turtles will flip each other over too. There's a video of a huge number of turtles in relatively shallow water, and one of them is upside down and the other turtles swarm the one in trouble and flip it over. I think it's a survival instinct.
As a species humans unfortunately tend to really minimize the intelligence and emotional capacities of the other animal species.
I've seen too many videos where it takes a concerted effort and a fair bit of time plus sometimes a group effort to right an overturned tortoise. It's too focused to be coincidental or just "get out of my way". They could move them out of the way by shoving them over still on their backs. This just looks too intentional.
The "hissing" is hilarious, sounds like the meme with the lady that ate a hot pocket
I’m going to go middle of the road here, I do believe that if the females are territorial, they definitely do it on purpose. I also believe that the tortoises help each other out. It just seems so natural to them. It’s instinct.
I think they flip each other back upright to help:)
I'm no expert but I like to think they flip each other back upright to help the one in distress. The male may have saved the female because she is one of his group of females?
That's what I was thinking - maybe not in every case but here I think he recognises his mate and wants to save her so they can have future clutches.
Save my eggs! Is what he is thinking 😂. I love the videos, I always learn something new.
it might be more a “stop actin weird” social instinct due to the flailing perhaps risking attracting predators? similar to fish biting those that swim out of formation but nicer
I believe they are trying to help. Overall, though, i think we know far less about animal communication than we think we know, so thats usually my position. Because they dont communicate in ways we understand or are able to observe, we assume they cant or dont. Time, I hope, will teach the humans better.
I put my box turtle out in the backyard. I went inside to answer the phone (left cell phone inside) and caught him eating a dead rat! I quickly took it away fearing that it may have died from rat poison. I have no idea where he got it because I wasn't gone very long. It taught me how fast they can get into trouble when not watched. I haven't set up an area with a screen yet. I will get right on that.
Hooe you're thinking about protection from above cause crows and other big birds can actually snatch them or hack after them. Depending on size
I think they do save each other.
For whatever reason, I have found that it is rare for my Kinixys to excrete any urates. I've always wondered why. And now that I'm keeping a Greek Tortoise, I regularly see urates. Have you experienced anything similar with Kinixys Chris?
Tom, I've found the same with radiated and leopards.
@@candctortoises that’s very interesting. Thanks!
It's probably instinctual for them to help each other right themselves when they find another in trouble. These animals are happy alone but will share a burrow too. I wonder if it's more likely a male would help a female than a female helping another female or a male helping another male, like its somehow related to mating.
I wish I could get a list of the grasses/ weeds you have in the enclosures. I let mine just wonder my yard and would love a weeded area for them.
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My best friend has a sweet Labradoodle dog. She has a grass yard boarderedby woods. Every day, her dog goes for a run in the yard.
One day, she noticed the dog came back holding a box turtle in its mouth. She refused to release it, but ran around the perimeter of the yard and released it at the edge of the woods.
From that day on, the dog met the turtle at the edge of the yard, picked it up in its mouth, and ran the perimeter of the yard with the turtle in it's mouth! Obviously BFF!
If the flipping behaviour stops after the animal is flipped back the right way, then it's probably help and not aggression. Cause aggression would stop there, it'd go on.
I have wondered that before but it does seem like they are actually helping and going about their day afterwards.
But it's really hard to say. I speak "human" and even with them it's sometimes hard to know what's going on, even if we DO know a whole array of solid options why a behaviour appears in people 😂. There's still surprises sometimes.
It might also be a combination. If the distressed animal is sending some sort of signal that we don't perceive, then maybe flipping it over is an act of "Oh for heck's sake, will you please be quiet. There. Now scram!"
Oh, the poop is like a bird's. I did not know that!
I think some help others over, some just don't care. 😂
I think it's with the intention on saving the other tortoise....as there are so many video's with literal swarms going to right the the single animal and there are also videos or turtle doing the same thing too in the water!!!
Great video! Thanks for sharing. I have a question. Do tortoises tend to inter or bury themselves during the Summer?
It is probably both reasons, cuz each person, animal and reptile have different personalities and also learn with age (like wisdom i suppose). A young tortoise is probably being aggressive but maybe an adult tortoise is actually recognizing that thier mate/friend is in distress. It's not too complicated if u realize that thier brains, more than likey, work similarly as animals and peoples, but in thier own unique way.
Of course they help each other. Why would you assume they are purposefully flipping them on their back but not helping them?
He saved her life because he loves her. How sweet was that?!
I want a turtle now!!!
Helping!!
😍😍😅🤣Shouldn't you guys be in a trashcan full of ice water though?
Oh wow. Never knew tortoises ate animal protein.
Afternoon xx my tortoise had white stuff the other day kept a close eye on him to day his poo was green which means he’s very healthy xx🐢🌺🥬🐢🐢
I want a tortoise so bad! Any suggestions for beginners like me?? I want the smallest breed of tortoise loll.
There are other videos of turtles coming to right a turtle that is on its back
How do we hydrate the tortoise? Mine barely drinks water. 😢
I assume that a species where the individuals flipped each other back onto their bellies just had better survival chances, particularly in smaller populations. If you just kill off half of the population in every wrestle for a nesting site, you might become extinct (at least locally) pretty soon.
Therefor: Yes, I believe they purposefully flip each other into the correct side again, but it's probably an instinctive behaviour honed by evolution.
I don’t believe they have the concept of ‘saving’ but react to the stimulus that the position isn’t natural, and therefore, needs to be corrected.
It was definitely intestinal a tortoise gots to protect this girls and his children
My tortoises eats cat poo 😮so I now make sure it’s cleaned up all my sulcatas get wormed every 3 months ❤
There is a video on UA-cam of giant tortoise hunting down a baby bird.
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Right or wrong, my theory has always been that it’s a selfish gesture when a male flips a female to “save” her. It always seems to be a male that does this to a female. Therefore, I think the male is protecting his chances to mate. He can’t mate with a female if she is on her back.
So the hiss, I thought the hiss was the skin rubbing against the shell. School us plz😊
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Fighting while pregnant. Shame shame ladies 😂😭
Красота ! (: