General Care Discussion :: Trying to swim through the glass.

[kornygerm]

its a baby and hes that big?.
wow, mine are not exactly babies and they are a little shorter than yours.

[alexis_906]

its a baby and hes that big?.
wow, mine are not exactly babies and they are a little shorter than yours.

umm whos baby?

[kornygerm]

oh in the video, it says baby turtle, sorry haha.

[alexis_906]

I haven't measured him since I got him but he is tiny, let me go check, I'll edit in his size.


He is not quite 2" I have had him since April 29th. And I didn't realize how much he has grown until I just measuered him. Here he is on the first day.

[ice]

i want a little one so bad

[Rocky YBS]

same here
cant wait for mine to breed

[ice]

i only have one so i dont really have a chance of getting a little baby one. too bad

[Rocky YBS]

well, at least you have a turtle that loves you and the food you give it eh?

[N4784N R4613]

A gold fish's memory is supposed to last 3 seconds. I would hope a turtle's is at least a little better than that.

That is just a myth. The mythbusters tested that a while ago, and the gold fish remembered to swim though color rings, like a maze, to get to there food everyday.

[alexis_906]

See I knew my fish didn't forget me all the time They always come back for food!

[pumpkinsherbet]

A gold fish's memory is supposed to last 3 seconds. I would hope a turtle's is at least a little better than that.

That is just a myth. The mythbusters tested that a while ago, and the gold fish remembered to swim though color rings, like a maze, to get to there food everyday.

green dot for the mythbusters reference!!!!

it's interesting how memory works. we as humans have a short term memory span of an average of about 30 seconds, after which it's either discarded (forgotten) or committed to long term memory {ref: psych 101}. people with short term memory loss (or stml) are unable to ''transfer" that memory to long term which is why they can't retain new information. a goldfish may have a short term memory of 3 seconds, but their overall memory is more than that.

[berkleykc]

My turts never swim into the sides they seem to know that they can't get out that way. They do however beg like crazy when I get near the tank and look oh so sad when I don't give them anything.