Do Tortoises Like Being Touched

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00:03 A tortoiseshell isn't as sensitive as their skin,

00:16 obviously.

00:16 When you touch the shell, they know that's happening.

00:20 So it's not just like it's a big stone rock on their back

00:27 that they can't feel.

00:29 They do understand the different tactile sensations

00:31 when you are tapping and touching that shell.

00:33 Tortoises enjoy different tactile sensations--

00:39 rubbing, scratching, that kind of thing.

00:42 So when we go in there with them and we're

00:44 kind of engaging with them, we'll kind of rub their shell.

00:47 We'll scratch their neck a little bit.

00:49 And when we do that, they extend that neck out.

00:51 It looks like they're enjoying it a little bit.

00:53 And that's just something we kind of

00:54 do to interact with the tortoises on a daily basis.

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