tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414736909420043263.post5812404121262540112..comments2024-03-03T05:32:43.639-05:00Comments on The CCE-Drive: The Untouchable Evolutionary Value of Depression (UPDATED)Craig C-Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497351002357692661noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414736909420043263.post-13669673931068335932013-08-21T23:26:52.255-04:002013-08-21T23:26:52.255-04:00Pretty sure the tyrant turtle is female, based on ...Pretty sure the tyrant turtle is female, based on the claws. Honestly not sure about the gender of the former cohabitants. We're not planning to run experiments, either, for obvious reasons! The tank is more than big enough and we do have both types of lights. <br /><br />I'm not over-fond of having a pet that's cooped up like that, but she has become a bit of a fixture in the house!<br />Craig C-Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04497351002357692661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414736909420043263.post-18934266851687877592013-07-22T11:52:43.157-04:002013-07-22T11:52:43.157-04:00I'm a turtle lover so I found the turtle story...I'm a turtle lover so I found the turtle story interesting; I couldn't help but wonder about the gender of the turtles. Male red-eared sliders have short front claws and females have long; is the tyrant turtle male or female? Did you place the tyrant with partners of the opposite gender? How big is the aquarium/pond you have the turtles in? Turtles require both UV-A and UV-B radiation in order to synthesize the proper vitamins; if they don't have this comprehensive radiation their shell itches constantly and they become very irritated. If in an aquarium do the turtles have these lighting requirements? <br /><br />The turtle is my animal-totem. I had a friend who had a pool in his back yard. One day he found a little red-eared slider in his pool filter. He took it down to the local bayou and set it loose and a couple of days later he found an identical looking turtle in his pool filter. He put a mark on the turtle's shell with fingernail polish and set it loose in the bayou again. Sure enough, a couple of days later the same little turtle was back in his pool filter. He put it in an aquarium and started to feed it. <br /><br />He eventually sold his house and moved and when he moved I inherited the turtle; it was a little male. I installed a 250 gallon pond in my backyard with lilies, watercress, and a type of grass which I stocked with 250 go-shrimp. I put the little fellow in the pond and then went to Petco and purchased a female playmate for him. Of course the go-shrimp reproduce faster than the turtles can eat them and turtles eat vegetable matter as well so food was plentiful. They lived in Edenic bliss for a few months when Tropical Storm Allison came circling through. I had 18" of water across my whole yard and the turtles found true Edenic bliss - freedom; I didn't hold a grudge. About a month after Allison, my neighbor, who had a pool in his backyard, came over and says to me, "I see you have a nice pond in your backyard. We found a little turtle in our pool filter, would you like to have it for your pond?" I think that's when I realized the turtle was my animal-totem; certainly they can teach us humans a great deal . . . if we pay attention - mindfulness.<br /><br />You know, in many cultures, especially those with an intimate relationship with nature, men and women go off alone to die as well! PonderSeekDiscoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913503952284529871noreply@blogger.com