FLOWER OF INTELLIGENCE

Bayi Orang Utan dan Induknya

Di suatu ruang diskusi tanpa akhir, tepatnya di forum diskusi terbesar di Indonesia, Kaskus. Salah seorang member bercerita tentang pengalamannya memelihara kura-kura, ia gagal, semua kura-kuranya mati. Ia heran kenapa hewan peliharaannya bisa mati.

Senada dengan pengalamannya, saya pun ikut bercerita. Saat awal memelihara kura-kura saya selalu gagal, alias mati. Dari pengalaman saya, saya berasumsi kalau bayi kura-kura itu sangat rentan. Sudah banyak terjadi kasus seperti ini. Bahkan saya pernah menemui penjual ikan yang ikut-ikutan menjual kura-kura, tanpa mengatahui seluk beluknya. Alhasil ia merugi, semua daganganya mati.

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Itulah pertanyaan yang terlontar oleh teman saya beberapa waktu lalu. Lantas saya menjawab, "Asiknya itu adalah ketika melihat pertumbuhannya dari kecil hingga besar, ketika kita berhasil memeliharanya dari kecil hingga besar" :-D

Ia heran kenapa saya begitu menyukai kura-kura dan memeliharanya. Dia bilang, "apa menariknya? ajak mainnya gimana? kan jalannya lambat, lu cuma liatin aja gitu?" haha ini nanya apa ngejek :p

Tidak pernah terpikirkan oleh saya sebelumnya pertanyaan tersebut, apa ya asik nya pelihara kura-kura? hehe

Say "hi" to my RES :)

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note: this is a continued post from This mysterious turtle has been identified

adult black marsh turtle

Following the discussion on reptile forum some enthusiast said that a hybrid between RES and black marsh turtle is impossible. A requirements for a hybrid is on the same family at least.  
more about hybrid or cross breeding go to http://www.turtleforum.com/forum/upload/index.php?showtopic=108069

red ear slider

So, the case is almost done. If a hybrid is impossible, the egg by Anna's RES is something like empty fertilization.

Case closed! :D

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Identified! Siebenrockiella crassicollis

The investigation for identifying this kind of turtle began by the possibility of hybrid or cross breed between this turtle and RES (Red Ear Slider). Both of the pet are belongs to my friend, Anna. She told me the turtle ever nesting several times but failed to hatch. The question is both of this turtle are different in species. One of the turtles identified as RES but the another one is unknown. Then after discussion in a reptile forum [at] kaskus, they suggest me to upload the picture of the mysterious turtle to identify. So we can conclude if there is a cross bred or not.

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Turtles are attractive interesting reptile which has unique shape. They have shells that protect the turtle. This is self defense equipment for turtles. Shells are divided into two areas upper (carapace) and lower (plastron). They also have beaks. Their beaks are often as sharp as a knife. Even there are teeth in their beaks they don’t use them to chew but to break up their food.

Galapagos Tortoise (img source:http://library.sandiegozoo.org/)

Turtle facts: “The first turtles are believed to have lived over 200 million years ago!... and their fossils are almost identical to turtles that are alive today!”-Animal-World.

According to their habitat turtle are divided into 4 types, they are land turtles, (semi terrestrial turtles, semi-aquatic turtles), and full-aquatic turtles.
Land turtles are usually called tortoise. They are lived in land/terrestrial and do not hibernate. Most of them are vegetarian. Semi-terrestrial or Terrapins commonly live both in water and the land. They are both carnivorous and vegetarian. There are also Semi-aquatic turtles, spending time most in water but need a sun. They usually bask on the stone or wood in the land. They were also a good swimmer. The most famous semi-aquatic turtle is red ear slider that had been known world wide. Finally there are turtles who actually aquatic, full aquatic turtles. They live in a lake, river, and also in the sea, commonly known as sea turtle.

These are some types that included to the 4 categories of turtles.
Land turtles: Indian star
Semi-terrestrial: Manouria emys, Eastern box turtle
Semi-aquatic: red ear slider, yellow bellied.
Full aquatic: soft shelled, sea turtles.

Reference:
Animal World
PetTurtleCareGuide.com

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