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tortoises eat cactuses as it provides a healthy and stable diet for them, it also caters for any nutrtional needs, they eat the cactus with their mouths, hope this helps a lot.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoTortoise can eat cacti, in fact for most tortoise, it is part of the main diet. Cacti contain a lot of fluids and nutrients which is why the tortoise eat cacti.
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What eats opuntia cactus in the islands of galapagos?
In the galapagos island tortoises eat opuntia cactus.
Do turtles eat the saguaro cactus?
Yes, cactus comprises about 40% of the pronghorns' diet.Clarification:No large animals that I am aware of eat the saguaro. The prickly pear cactus is usually the choice for many animals, including the pronghorn.
What animals eat cacti?
some coyotes, bobcats, and some birds in the desert
How do Russian tortoises eat?
Russian Tortoises eat often at noon and morning. Don't FORGET that Russian tortoises eat fresh food and pelleted.
What animals eat the cactus pear?
There is no such place as the Saguaro Desert. There is the Sonoran Desert where the saguaro cactus grows. Some small animals such as rodents and rabbits feed on the prickly pear as well as javelina, deer, pronghorns, bighorn sheep and tortoises.
Is a cactus a tree or a flower?
A cactus is a plant that flowers not a tree. Most plants have flowers you can't say a cactus is a flower.
What evidence did the Galapagos islands provide for evolution by means of natural selection?
leaves high on cactus's tough woody stems= tortoises with flared shell and curve for long neck to reach upleaves low on cactus= tortoises without this adaptation
How do baobab trees interact with humans?
people eat the fruit from the tree, live in the trunks of the tree and get water from the tree due to the fact it holds water like a cactus
What is the consumer of cactus?
There are few animals that will eat most cacti as many are unpalatable and contain hallucinogenics. The prickly pear, however, is eaten by such animals as rabbits, hares, tortoises, deer and javelina.
Do tortoises eat frogs?
no
Do snakes eat tortoises?
no.
Can you eat barrel cactus fruit?
you can not eat a barel cactus
