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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In the galapagos island tortoises eat opuntia cactus.
Pinta Island tortoises primarily eat vegetation such as grasses, leaves, cactus pads, and fruits. They are herbivores and have a diet that is mainly composed of plant matter found in their natural habitat.
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.
Animals such as desert tortoises, desert iguanas, and jackrabbits are known to eat cacti. These animals have adapted to digesting the tough, spiky exterior of cacti to extract moisture from the plant.
Russian Tortoises eat often at noon and morning. Don't FORGET that Russian tortoises eat fresh food and pelleted.
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.
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
A cactus is a plant that flowers not a tree. Most plants have flowers you can't say a cactus is a flower.
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.
No, tortoises should not eat mushrooms as they can be toxic to them and cause harm. It is best to stick to a diet of leafy greens and vegetables for tortoises.
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