Photo by L. Shyamal (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe mating season for the Indian Star Tortoise varies depending on the specific area the tortoise is living in.\u00a0 Why is this you ask?\u00a0 Great question.\u00a0 In order to mate the tortoise needs to wait for monsoon season.\u00a0 Since monsoon season happens at different times in different locations so does their mating patterns.\u00a0 Once the rainy season does strike the female will lay about 7 eggs and hope they can make it through to adulthood.<\/p>\n
Indian Star Tortoise Fast Fact – <\/strong>Mathematicians believe the shape of the Star Tortoise shell allows the individual to easily flip back over if they are accidentally knocked on their back.\u00a0 This is something humans need for getting up off of the incredibly comfy couches.<\/p>\nThat does it for this week. Thanks for being a part of another wild week of Wild Facts.\u00a0 I will be away all next week (actually, I was away for part of this week as well) so that means we will be having another themed week.\u00a0 I will using another one of Agapelife’s suggestions so please make sure you stop by to check it out next week.\u00a0 Enjoy your weekend folks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Great news folks!\u00a0 I finally made my way out of the ocean and into the dry and arid forests of India and Sri Lanka.\u00a0 It is in these dry scrub forests that I came across an interesting animal called the Indian Star Tortoise.\u00a0 While I sit down to enjoy my lunch, let’s go over a few of the facts about the Indian Star Tortoise. Actually, some of you may already know quite a bit about this little guy as they are quite popular among the pet trade.\u00a0 Do you have a pet Star Tortoise? The Indian Star Tortoise clearly received <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024,52],"tags":[348,1308,4025,1309,328,402],"yoast_head":"\n
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