Tortoise lays 17 eggs in an hour
Updated: 2011-07-29 14:27
(chinadaily.com.cn)
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A red-footed tortoise kept by a resident in Qingdao city of East China's Shandong?province has laid 17 eggs in one hour on Thursday. The tortoise is 20 centimeters long and weighs about two kilograms. The eggs were not fertilized, so they will not hatch any young tortoises. In the wild, the red-footed tortoise lays clutches of five to 15 eggs between July and September. [Photo/CFP] |