Showing posts with label Hermann Tortoise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hermann Tortoise. Show all posts

Friday, 17 June 2011

Hatching Hermann

The 6th hatchling from this year's eggs - my wife breeds Hermann's Tortoises (Testudo hermanni) - in the wild they can be found throughout southern Europe. The first clutch was laid about 8 weeks ago and started hatching last weekend. Here's some time lapse video of one hatching.