One minute of a desert tortoise walking for your viewing pleasure, coming right up. 🐢 Desert tortoises are tough survivors and have several adaptations that help them thrive in the dry heat. Their flattened front legs allow them to easily dig and create burrows to keep warm on cold nights and keep cool during the hot summer. They can also store water in their bladder and save it for emergencies. They obtain most of their moisture through food but still need a good drink every so often. When it
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One minute of a desert tortoise walking for your viewing pleasure, coming right up. 🐢 Desert tortoises are tough survivors and have several adaptations that help them thrive in the dry heat. Their flattened front legs allow them to easily dig and create burrows to keep warm on cold nights and keep cool during the hot summer. They can also store water in their bladder and save it for emergencies. They obtain most of their moisture through food but still need a good drink every so often. When it
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75 Arizona desert tortoises are up for adoption and need safe homes
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75 Arizona desert tortoises are up for adoption and need safe homes
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Meet your future best friend! 🐢 Our desert tortoises are waiting for loving homes! Ready to start your adoption journey? Visit https://bit.ly/4fxAQnp and bring home your very own torty BFF today! #TortoiseAdoption #DesertTortoise #WildlifeConservation #AZGFD #Tortoise | Arizona Game & Fish Department
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Meet your future best friend! 🐢 Our desert tortoises are waiting for loving homes! Ready to start your adoption journey? Visit https://bit.ly/4fxAQnp and bring home your very own torty BFF today! #TortoiseAdoption #DesertTortoise #WildlifeConservation #AZGFD #Tortoise | Arizona Game & Fish Department
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For #NationalTurtleDay, who wouldn't want this sweet desert tortoise in their backyard? We still have several dozen non-releasable desert tortoises who need a forever home! Learn more about adopting one: azgfd.gov/tortoise. | Arizona Game & Fish Department
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For #NationalTurtleDay, who wouldn't want this sweet desert tortoise in their backyard? We still have several dozen non-releasable desert tortoises who need a forever home! Learn more about adopting one: azgfd.gov/tortoise. | Arizona Game & Fish Department
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Over 100 desert tortoises up for adoption at Arizona Game and Fish Department
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Celebrate National Turtle Day and consider adopting a Desert Tortoise! 🐢 The Desert Museum's Tortoise Adoption Program (TAP), in partnership with Arizona Game and Fish, helps rehome healthy, unwanted desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the Tucson area with qualified custodians—while promoting conservation, proper care, and the protection of wild populations. This program exists to address an issue that is exacerbated by illegal actions such as breeding captive tortoises, removing tortoises
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Celebrate National Turtle Day and consider adopting a Desert Tortoise! 🐢 The Desert Museum's Tortoise Adoption Program (TAP), in partnership with Arizona Game and Fish, helps rehome healthy, unwanted desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the Tucson area with qualified custodians—while promoting conservation, proper care, and the protection of wild populations. This program exists to address an issue that is exacerbated by illegal actions such as breeding captive tortoises, removing tortoises
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Wouldn't it be thrilling to adopt a desert tortoise this October? 🐢🌵We still need to find many of these non-releasable, Arizona desert dwellers homes. Apply to adopt a desert tortoise today at azgfd.gov/tortoise. | Arizona Game & Fish Department
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Spring time is here in the valley. If Idon’t regularly trim back my plants, they completely cover the ground and restrict the tortoises movement through the enclosure so it’s very important to keep them at a manageable length. #desert #tortoise #habitat #animals #Arizona
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Our desert tortoises aren't awake just yet from their winter brumation, but with these warm days, it won't be long! Take advantage of the great weather and get your burrow ready so you can adopt this spring! We're even accepting applications now, so you can be approved and ready to go when your new torty pal wakes up. Learn more at www.azgfd.gov/tortoise. | Arizona Game & Fish Department
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Happy National Turtle Day! 🐢 And yes, desert tortoises ARE turtles. 😤 Arizona has TWO native species of tortoise: the Sonoran Desert tortoise and the Mojave Desert tortoise. These adorable creatures control their body temperature by using a shelter — in most cases a burrow. Did you know desert tortoises will sometimes share their burrows with other wildlife? Talk about a welcoming roomie! #desertbotanicalgarden #dbgphx #nationalturtleday #deserttortoise #deserttortoisesofinstagram #wildlifepho
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The best friend you never knew you needed. 🐢💚 Tap to learn about our desert tortoise adoption program today. | Arizona Game & Fish Department
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