Freshwater turtles eat insects and aquatic larvae, crustaceans and aquatic vegetation. Most Asian turtles and tortoises dig themselves nests in mud or sand to lay their eggs. The hatchlings are born ...
Females do not care for their young; typically, only one to five of every 100 hatchlings reach adulthood. While adult tortoises hibernate in winter, tortoises less than two or three years old are ...
Tortoises are also threatened by disease, invasive species like fire ants, and climate change. Characteristics such as delayed sexual maturity, dependence on high adult survival rates and high levels ...