Tortoise

How does the tortoise know he will win in The Tortoise and the Rabbit? How does the tortoise trick the antelope in quitting the race before he even crossed the finish line in The Tortoise and the Antelope? These two fables show very valuable lessons for success in life. Though both are compelling in different ways, they hold more similarities than you may realize. The tortoise is the sharpest animal in these fables while obviously the rabbit and antelope are gullible and smug animals that need to be taught a lesson. In The Tortoise and the Rabbit the main theme of this fable is that slow and steady win the race, but another theme is never to be careless with your talent. The rabbit, whose natural speed was far more superior then the tortoise, took advantage of the fact that he could easily win the race by…

it began to decline in size. Many animals have found the preserve as their home including the gopher tortoise. Gopher tortoise are a type of ectotherm animal that can live up to sixty days. They feed on vegetation and build burrows as their homes. The burrows they build can be used by about three hundred different animals as protection. Over the time, Gopher tortoise has evolved as a very threaten species dealing with habitat loss, predators and much more leading to the risk of becoming…

Galapagos tortoise is an endanger species. Another name for the Galapagos tortoise is Chelonoidis Nigra. They are giant, with 5-foot claws and four back claws. With round, dome-shaped shell or as most would call it a saddleback shell. It has thick scales all over the limbs, neck, and pointed hand. Galapagos Island surrounded by grass and water started in Espanola and San Cristobal. When the Galapagos tortoise breed primarily during the hotter season of the years like summer and some of spring.…

what the moral lesson or what the teaching is from every story and it will always relate to your life, you never have to worry about reading something that may be misleading or that doesn’t apply to society. "Nobody believes a liar...even when he is telling the truth!"(StoryArts.com) Fables do a really good job at showing this rather than other readings that may lead you on in different directions. Actions always speak louder than words and people trust actions more than hearing what someone…

How does a tortoise beat a hare in a race? In the short-story, “The Tortoise and the Hare”, the tortoise teaches many lessons that have impacted my life. This short-story has been very impactful in my life and still is today one of my favorite readings. The lessons that the tortoise teaches are to never judge a book by its cover, always face your problems head on, and to never give up. At the beginning of the story, the hare believed that he was unbeatable and no other animal would stand a…

The Gopher Tortoise, also known as Gopherus Polyphemus, is a very important species in the ecological system of the state of Florida. The Gopher Tortoise plays a very big role as a native species in the south-east of the United States, from southern South Carolina to southeastern Louisiana (Auffenberg and Franz, 1982). More than 300 species benefit from the burrows the Gopher Tortoise digs, providing them with shelter. According to a study by Auffenberg and Franz (1982), Kushlan and Mazzotti…

Turtles and tortoises are one of the many creatures that die while trying to cross a road. Scientist and wildlife lovers have come up with some ways to prevent the deaths of these animals to occur. However, they are still dying. Better fencing, I believe, is needed to keep turtles and tortoises out of the road and safe. Some people believe that putting up fences and other echo passages will harm to cross the road. In the passage in paragraph 8, it stated," But the bigger failure was in the…

African sulcata tortoise is one of the largest tortoises in the world. Its protruding spurs in its feet have no function at all. These turtles are very easy to maintain with an average weight of 80kg. Since it is large enough, it is not suitable to be kept in the house. The breeding must be outside the house like garden. This tortoise has a longer life than the average human. Sulcata classified as herbivores that eat fruits and vegetables. Here are the characteristics of sulcata. They do not…

Aesop’s Fables Introduction Fables are told all through the world. The characters of fables are usually animals that attract children to learn lesson from the stories. When I lived in China, I read many kinds of fables, including ancient Chinese fables, Arabic fables, and Greek fables. I have been interested in Aesop’s Fables from Greece since I was a child. The fables in Aesop’s collection usually have simple context, but they reveal deep meanings. My passion of reading fables was inspired by…

Lab Study: Ecology in the Galapagos Islands 1. Galapagos tortoises “have a dramatic role in the ecosystem function through herbivory, trampling and seed dispersal” (Blake, S., 2012). Since tortoises are herbivores, they stomp and trample on vegetation grounds. Trampling allows tortoises to open up new places for vegetation to grow on the ground (Discovering Galapagos). Tortoises also play an important role in seed germination for many species such as: the Manchineel tree, the Opuntia echios…