If a turtle flips over in wild...........

[N4S]

what usually happens?

How difficult is it for them to flip back over?

I remember when I a box turtle that he always had trouble flipping back over.

[N4S]

anyone? thoughts

[BPelizabeth]

I really have no idea. I know I foster a desert tort....(from legal sources)here in AZ. (It is illegal to own them, however the powers that be can foster 1 to you). Anyways....they say you really have to keep an eye on them in case they flip over in the sun as they could die.

[ed4281]

they figure it out eventually or die

[Theartisticgemini]

They use there necks to flip back over.

Now idk about a 100+ pound tortoise.

[AkHerps]

Yeah my three-toed would use her neck to flip back over.

[mainbutter]

I had an old nature show about desert animals on VHS years and years back as a kid.

It showed two male tortoises battling over a female, with one male eventually being overturned by the other.

The loser eventually righted himself.

[BPelizabeth]

ahhh .....good to know!! Dominic tipped over and my son found him...(son is 9) and I think he had a heart attack. Talked about it for days so now he is checking on him constantly... I will have to tell him to calm down...lol.