The Life of an Egyptian Tortoise

The Egyptian Tortoise life range is over fifty years.  In their lives they do many things.  In the spring, they mate.  The male makes a vocalization that sounds like a dove and is unlike other tortoises.  This is the male's mating call.  And in courtship, the male appears to ram the female, and a frantic chasing sometimes follows.  The Female lays twenty or so eggs under bush, which hatch and start it over again.

Egyptian Tortoise Diet

Egyptian Tortoises eat many things (which I think is surprising, seeing how small they are).  They eat a big variety of mixed greens, weeds, leaves, several flowers, and vegetables.  So, raising one would require a lot of room for grasses and such.

Relationship to Man

The Egyptian Tortoise's relationship to man isn't the happiest thing.  Because the Egyptian Tortoise's endangerment is mostly because of man.  Other than a few programs like Tortoise Care, man are like an enemy to the Egyptian Tortoise. 
I hope to, through this blog, help this change.

The Enemies and Threats of the Egyptian Tortoise

The Egyptian Tortoise has several threats in its small little life.  Illegal pet trade is going on, and without the right habitat, the small tortoise is dying out. 
The Egyptian Tortoise is prey to the brown raven.  Young Egyptian Tortoises are delicious treats to the raven.  So, like I've said, when nesting homes are provided for the ravens in Egyptian Tortoise habitat, the endangered species is being cut down.

Save the Egyptian Tortoise

Egyptian Tortoises do not deserve to die.  They deserve to continue living in their habitat in the desert.  We cannot steal their homes, or carelessly sell them as pets.  We should not be the bad guys.  We have the power to save the Egyptian Tortoise, and we WILL!  We are not going to let the Egyptian Tortoises lose their precious little lives.  We will give them a habitat.  We will prevent illegal pet trade.  WE WILL SAVE THE EGYPTIAN TORTOISE!

The Egyptian Tortoise lives in the desert.  Lately, however, its habitat is being stolen.  When people set up telegraph poles, they provide nesting homes for ravens.  Ravens love eating baby Egyptian Tortoises.  So when we set up telegraph poles in the desert, we are killing several endangered hatchlings that could’ve lived a long life.  We should not be doing this!

The Egyptian Tortoise is also dying from illegal pet trade.  When people carelessly sell Egyptian Tortoises, or commit illegal pet trade, you are destroying little lives.  You should not be doing this!

I hope that, after reading this article, more people think before they destroy the lives of these endangered animals.  I hope people are more careful.

Habitat loss

The Egyptian Tortoises are very close to extinction.  When they lose their habitat in the desert, they cannot find places to live.  Egyptian Tortoises are meant for the hot weather, and need the desert's heat.

When people build telephone poles in the desert, it creates nesting for ravens.  Ravens love to eat baby Egyptian Tortoises.  

I do not mean to sound like an environmentalist, for humans are not evil creatures.

Other reasons of endangerment are stuff like illegal pet trade (well, that's what they get for being so cute).

Egyptian Tortoise

OK, I have been doing research on Egyptian Tortoises for a project I am doing.  I will put facts about the creatures on this blog.
Egyptian Tortoises are the smallest tortoises in the Northern Hemisphere, reaching 4-6 inches as adults. These small animals are very close to extinction due to loss of habitat because so many people want them as pets.