NEWS FLASH: These eggs hatched and the babies emerged from the ground on August 23rd, 2000 at 11:44PM.
These eggs sat for 465 days and 10 hours in the ground before emerging on a rainy night.
Photos will be online with the other baby pictures 9/2000.   Orders are being taken now. Pricing is here.

Leopard Tortoise Egg Laying Series
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Leopard Tortoise Finished Nest Site Leopard Tortoise Finished Nest Site

     This is the finished product. Even now it is difficult to see where the actual hole was. The gray image shows the exact location. Now we wait. In the fall of the year 2000, after a rainstorm we will find babies emerging from this nest. The babies seem to be able to sense the weather and will wait unterground until a storm. This is probably to give them a better chance of survival since water will be available right away. Usually most if not all eggs will hatch successfullly. Maybe we will get photos of this nest hatching. If so you can bet on seeing them here.

     We hope you enjoyed this series. If we did not answer your questions please email us to let us know. This series is still under construction and we will try to add as much missing information as possible.

This page last updated August 28, 2000

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