1. In the wild, as much as it wants.
2. As a pet, just put it in a grassy area for a while or until it stops eating.
Desert tortoises spend much of their lives underground in burrows.
Desert tortoises spend much of their lives underground in burrows.
Desert tortoises spend much of their lives underground in burrows.
The average adult locust will consume about 2 grams of food in a day or about as much as it weighs. A swarm of locust can eat the same amount of food in one day as 2,500 people.
Desert tortoises spend much of their lives underground in burrows.
The desert tortoise spends as much as 95% of its life in a burrow to escape the harsh desert climate. It only emerges in the early morning hours to feed.
A desert 'local' can eat as much as he/she desires and can afford.
A tortoise survives from danger really easily because of it's big, hard shell protects it from anything that wants to attack or eat it.
As much as they can.
Evening Desert Safari Sharjah have adapted ways to help them keep cool and use less water. Camels, for example, can go for days without food and water. Many desert animals are nocturnal, coming out to hunt only when the brutal sun has descended. Some animals, like the desert tortoise in the southwestern United States, spend much of their time underground. Most desert birds are nomadic, crisscrossing the skies in search of food. Because of their very special adaptations, desert animals are extremely vulnerable to introduced predators and changes to their habitat.
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I believe leopard tortoises are somewhat similar, although the coloring is much different and leopard tortoises are the 5th largest tortoises in the world. Actually, none, sorry. Desert Tortoises are all too often carriers of Mycoplasma Agassizii and other tortoise species have no built in defense against that. They are also very sensitive and susceptible to other tortoise species specific disease/parasitic issues and mixing of different species of tortoises is not recommended for just this reason. Groups specific to desert tortoises and their care, issues, etc. can be found in the related links. Hope that helps, Don Williams, (Moderator: CTTC Turtle and Tortoise list ; Gopherus; Vets_for_herps; TortoiseNutrition)