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.