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Why do tortoises sleep?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Every animal needs to sleep including ourselves, think of it as a human not sleeping ever. Your crampy, moody, and most likely feeling sick, uneasy and rarely ever easy to get along with.

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