The Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2015
- The Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789) subspecies hermanni, a native of France, is a terrestrial tortoise and an endangered species. It lives in the Mediterranean region of Europe, in France only in the Var, mainly in the “Massif des Maures” and in Corsica. Populations are declining and the species is protected. In nature, the life expectation of the Hermann’s tortoise is about 40 years. It develops sexual maturity around 12 or 13 years. On average the female lays 1-5 eggs. Like all turtles, this cold-blooded species must adapt its metabolism at the environmental temperature in order to have optimal activity. In cold months, they seek to protect themselves from the cold. If it's too hot, they shelter imperatively in the shade. This behavior varies depending on time of day and season. In nature, they can travel long distances to drink (about every 2 weeks in hot weather). Early in the morning they leave their night-shelter (they changing every night) and once they are warmed-up they go in search of food, leaves, flowers, fruits, sometimes snails and worms. At noon, when the sun is too hot, they hide in the bushes and come out at the end of the day.
With an excellent sense of direction, they locate perfectly due to the Earth's magnetic field and the sun, and probably because they have a very good olfaction and memory of their environment. By late afternoon, they leave their shelter to feed again.
In France, the Hermann’s tortoise is highly threatened by urbanization of the natural environment, forest and agricultural work and fires. Tortoises are attached to their place of living that is why they always try to return if removed by man. Some of those who survived the fires of 2003 were seen returning to their old habitat or continuing to be there despite its devastation (during the fires, they probably have been along the river, or in unaffected areas of fire). In Mediterranean natural areas, tortoises dig their hibernation shelter beneath a bush, and change from year to year, even if they seem still overwinter in the same area of their home range. They hibernate from mid-November to mid-March. Their heart rate and breathing are significantly lowered. They do not sleep properly speaking, but rather stay in a kind of lethargy. Captive turtles do also overwinter, a vital need for them.
Released tortoises from captivity have dented scales so-called "dragons back." This deformation of the shell is due to malnutrition, often observed in captured specimens. It’s not desirable to release tortoises from captivity, in order to avoid hybrids. The CEEP coordinates an investigation in the Var and Corsica, to better understand the ecology of the species in order to protect it. You can participate in the survey (see French pdf).
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When building a Herman's Habitat at home it was great studying this video of it living in the wild. They go up rocky hills over branches , through leaves, sand and bushes! Its like turtle 4 wheeling! I'm going to incorporate all these great things into building my Hermanns Habitat. Thanks
Same! I was thinking, why not watch some videos of their true habitats and incorporate that so its more fun and active for them.
I'm doing what you say guys, for now
This footage was very needed. Unfortunately, Wild Tortoise footage content usually consists of only Galapagos and Desert Tortoises. in turn, it’s what the keepers try to replicate for all species.
Hermann has some speed!
Testudo hermanni is in the Sicily
This video should be entitled Tortoises living their best lives
I got a hermann recently and I am absolutely in love. I plan on making his table as close to his natural habitat as possible.
Keep him outside.... Trust me its not humane to keep him inside
keep in mind that they dig up to 6 to 10 meters deep burrows in the winter to brumate and hide from the cold in nature. underground that deep it's 11°c stable all year round. some people let them hibernate in the fridge but you can see the problem as the fridge is around 5°c. brumation and hibernation is different from each other.
@@BrendasArtn importe quoi, impossible de creuser à cette profondeur dans leur habitat naturel , elles s enterrent entre 20 à 30cm
@kimekendoudou7181
I don't speak French and there is no translation option under your comment
@@BrendasArt go to the vidéo for translation
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NM
thanks for the information . so sad how so many tortoises and turtles are getting endangered and some almost extinct. really sad.
Jennifer Beasley ikr
You bet!
Hi, what is the subspecies, Eastern or Western in the first minute of the video? Thanks
Dalmatian actually
J'adore elle. à de. la. Chance. Par à port à la. mienne au balcon du. Béton 😢😢
MY TORTOISE IS HAVING AN IDENTITY CRISIS
SO, SO Angry with myself, My big female, was sat on our gravel drive, and I ran over it with the back wheel of the car, how I never saw her I do not know, but shit happens, I thought she was a dead duck, but when we inspected her, NO crushed, legs, shell, no cracks anywhere we could find, under or over on her shell, ( that must be one Tough armour), she just seemed to move off and carried on Ant hunting as normal and feeding. but it's now early Oct still very warm, and she seems to have now disappeared in her 900 Square meter range in the garden. HOPE she is OK. Probably under some spiky bushes we have, digging down ready for the winter. But the ground here is quite hard, clay like, but I suppose they are kind of used to that type of terrain.
Is your neighbor Chinese? if so call the animal hotline....
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@@richardwere4487 NO, NO ting tongs near us! She turned up, and decided last min to make the winter sleep under a stupid small ,pile of leaves, NOT enough, as it can get real cold here - 4 to 9c and some at times. So I put more leaves on top, then a grass cutter box of grass cuttings, then and old jumper, then a little cutting off truck canvas to keep the snow, frost, and rain off, then another load of grass cuttings from the mower. Hope it is enough. Next year she goes into an insulated ex dog kennel, and then I am going to pack it with straw. Just hope the old girl makes it though this winter OK .
@@normski262 the ground is maybe not lose enough to start digging a burrow if he or she stopped digging and hide elsewhere. in nature they dig deep burrows to brumate from the mild winters. deep underground the temperature is stable around the year depending the climate zone but in it's natural habitat that's around 11°c