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Nighthiker





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PostPosted: 7/27/2004, 8:47 pm    Post subject: Sunrise ride Reply to topic Reply with quote
On a sunrise mtn. bike ride this past week I cam across two desert tortise's mating, hugging or playing leap frog. I also came across a very large herd (20+) of javelina while on a sunrise ride the other day. They were rooting about and some larke boars came over to check me out (within 5 feet) but continued to root about and they ambled off.
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cakewalk





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PostPosted: 7/29/2004, 1:23 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote
" They ambled off "

Thats a perfect description.

I ran into a family of about 6 today in glendale, I got approx 10 yards from them before they " ambled " off
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PostPosted: 7/29/2004, 2:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Sunrise ride Reply to topic Reply with quote
Nighthiker wrote:
On a sunrise mtn. bike ride this past week I cam across two desert tortise's mating, hugging or playing leap frog.


That's what AZ Game and Fish says:

Watchable Wildlife News
July 29, 2004

Monsoon season brings out rarely seen tortoises

PHOENIX - Summer monsoons are here, and that means Arizonans might get a rare look at desert tortoises crossing the road. People can help protect these creatures throughout their active season.
"This is the time of year when we see more contact between wild tortoises and humans in urban areas," says Arizona Game and Fish Department desert tortoise coordinator, Daren Riedle. "We want to make sure people know what to do, if they see one of these animals."

Under the Endangered Species Act, the desert tortoise is recognized as a threatened species in parts of California, Nevada, Utah, and northwestern Arizona. If a person sees a tortoise, he or she should not remove the animal from its habitat.

"People think they're doing the animals a favor by taking them home, but that's usually harmful to the tortoise," says Riedle. "Taking a wild tortoise home is actually illegal in Arizona. The animal could also die, if it doesn't receive proper care."

Here are some things to do to help desert tortoises:

1. If you see a tortoise crossing a busy road, pick it up and gently move it to the other side. Carry it so that it's level to the ground, and move it in the same direction it was headed.

2. Do not try to help a tortoise by moving it to another area. Most tortoises stay in the same small area during their entire lives, so they may not know where to find food and shelter, if you move them.

3. If you want to share your yard with a desert tortoise, you can lawfully obtain one through state-sanctioned adoption facilities, including the Wildlife Center at Adobe Mountain in Phoenix and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson. Several requirements are involved in the adoption process.

4. If you have been keeping a tortoise at your home, do not release it into the wild. Biologists are concerned that infected captive tortoises may be coming into contact with healthy wild ones. In the process, an upper respiratory disease is being passed.

Desert tortoises are slow-moving creatures that can live as long as 50 to 100 years. The adults are about 10 to 14 inches long. An Arizona Game and Fish Commission rule prohibits taking these creatures from the wild. Federal law bans the transport of them across state lines. For more information about the tortoises, call Daren Riedle at (602) 789-3767 or Sandy Cate at the Wildlife Center at Adobe Mountain at (623) 582-9806.
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PostPosted: 7/29/2004, 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote
Tortise porn? Here?
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PostPosted: 7/29/2004, 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote
Quick story...my wife works at an Elem. school, each year they take the little kids on a trip to the zoo...afterwards each kid draws a picture under the title TODAY AT THE ZOO I SAW...

At the end of a very long and very bad meeting, one of the 1st grade teachers comes into the office where the meeting had taken place and she wants Pat and the others to look at a picture one of the students had drawn...

Yep, there's a rather accurate drawing of two zebras, one mounting the other...under the caption TODAY AT THE ZOO I SAW...the zebras playing piggyback.
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