The Texas Tortoise: A Natural History (Volume 13) (Animal Natural History Series)

The authors also discuss Texas tortoises' significance in supporting other species in their environment - southern Texas and northeastern Mexico - where their survival is threatened by habitat reduction and other human-caused environmental changes, including increasing road traffic. "If you see a tortoise on the roadway," Rose and Judd admonish to ther reader, " move it to safety, and drive away as quickly as legally allowed." It is in fact illegal to collect or possess a Texas tortoise. But for those who do, this book advises how to care for the animal, including feeding it Romaine lettuce and hatching its eggs in masonry sand placed in a tortilla warmer. Tortoises have enjoyed a splendid and diverse history. That they did so well for so long is perplexing, the authors note, as the animals are slow, do not actively defend themselves against predators, and are readily eaten by all manner of creatures, among them human beings. 9780806144511 0806144513 0 BOOK Texas tortoise NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=cA0mngEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Francis L. Rose|Frank W. Judd
• | Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 05, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 210 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0806144513
• | ISBN-13: 9780806144511