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Hello! We are from Taiwan. My daughter and I were very lucky to see an upside-down tortoise, but it's luckier to see his friend trying to help him turn back in Taipei Zoo. Today (25, November) is the field trip day of my daughter's school and I also went to Taipei Zoo with her.
DVFDrinkOrDie DVFDrinkOrDie 3 years ago I hope you guys realize that this isn't intentional help. The flipping behavior is how the turtle got on it's back in the first place. During breeding season rival males fight and attempt to flip...
DVFDrinkOrDie DVFDrinkOrDie 3 years ago I hope you guys realize that this isn't intentional help. The flipping behavior is how the turtle got on it's back in the first place. During breeding season rival males fight and attempt to flip their rivals upside-down where they are usually left to die. This turtle just didn't realize he had already won. He wasn't trying to help he was trying to kill the other turtle by flipping him. This is OK because in the end the gene pool is stronger and the species' chances of survival is improved by killing off the weaker males. You would be doing the species a disservice by saving flipped males. To say he's "helping a friend" (he isn't; he's attempting to kill a rival) is to make one of man's most common mistakes, which is to humanize animal behavior.
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DVFDrinkOrDie
DVFDrinkOrDie
3 years ago
I hope you guys realize that this isn't intentional help. The flipping behavior is how the turtle got on it's back in the first place. During breeding season rival males fight and attempt to flip...