World’s largest tortoise found in amazon river. Its age around 529 years old / height-59 feet/ weight-800 pounds OR 362.87 kg incredible…Amazing
these type of large size tortoise alway found in amazon river, and most the tortoise are found in (Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and so on) the Adults often reach 1 m in length, the tortoise Females have wide flattened shells, are larger and more numerous than the males tortoise, the Adult tortoise Arraus feed entirely on plant food
The nesting habits this species are similar to those of their sea turtles. just like sea turtles they gather meet in huge numbers so they can travel to suitable nesting areas. The females tortoise lay their eggs on sandbanks that are exposed where there is only dry season but there are relatively few such sites. The females timing is to come out on the sandbanks at night time to lay their eggs and go back to the sea, which can number anywhere from 90 to 100 soft-shelled eggs. and they then return to their feeding grounds which they belong to. The young when hatched are around 5 cm long dart directly for the water, but they emerge to the attentions of many predators so they can only about five percent ever reach the adult feeding grounds. this it is an endangered species and is protected in some country and areas.
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