BY: Morgan

& Jacqueline
We are doing A tortoise can Did you know
our project on have between 2 that tortoise’s
tortoises. - 12 eggs. Ba- have been on
It is a reptile. bies are born earth for more
the two million
This animal between May -
years. Several
lives in a de- July. The baby species of tor-
sert and it tortoises take
toise can live
lives in a den. care of them over 100 years
It has a hard selves cause of American
shell to pro- there mom boxing tortoise.
tect himself. teaches them The population
how to take care
It helps the of a tortoise
of them selves.
desert tortoise The enemies of 90% since
from being at- tortoise is leop- 1980’s.
tacked. Desert ards because
tortoise eat the leopards
grass, cactus, starch the shell
herbs, flowers, of the tortoise.
and legumes. If a tortoise is
The tortoise walking go
gets his food around it.
by searching
for his food.