Cherry head red-footed tortoises are a smaller variant of the red-footed tortoise, with the red-footed tortoise and have similar care requirements. Although some ...
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Tortoises Have Feelings Too, Or At Least Moods
Red-footed tortoises have moods, at least of optimism and pessimism, just as so-called higher animals do, a new study has concluded. The work has important implications for how we regard and treat ...
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Heads Up. Your Tortoise Has Feelings Too
A recent study published in Animal Cognition is changing the way the world sees reptiles—specifically, tortoises. Known for being kept as household pets, researchers are now realizing they may have ...
Plenty of truth exists in Aesop’s fable “The Tortoise and The Hare.” These hard-shelled reptiles appear to be slow starters out of the gate, lumbering and heavy, but their persistence and focus brings ...
Touch-screen technology has ventured into the world of reptiles. Red-footed tortoises have learned how to use the devise in exchange for a strawberry, a new study reports. Researchers taught the ...
Touch-screen technology has ventured into the world of reptiles. Red-footed tortoises have learned how to use the devise in exchange for a strawberry, a new study reports. Researchers taught the ...
A University of Lincoln study reveals that red-footed tortoises exhibit long-term mood states, indicating optimism and emotional resilience. Challenging the perception of reptiles as purely ...
“IT ALL stems from Moses,” says Anna Wilkinson. Moses is her pet red-footed tortoise and a bit of a celebrity in the science world. Why? First, he outsmarted rats in a maze. Then he was the ...
Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...
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