Pamela Jay
Indian Star Tortoise
Like most tortoises, the Indian star tortoise is a herbivore and lives only off of ingested vegetation. It often eats leaves, plants, fruits, berries, and flowers. So if it grows and is on the ground, the Indian star tortoise will eat it. Even though it has the ability to hide in its shell when threatened, the poor tortoise still finds itself somewhat easy prey for lard birds, snakes, and other common predators, including humans, who capture them for both food, and for the purpose of sale in the aforementioned exotic pet trade. Since the tortoises are very hard to breed in captivity, hunters must go out and pluck them from the wild. Despite this hunting, it still has a strong population.
www.factzoo.com/reptiles/indian-star-tortoise-what-a-pret...
Indian Star Tortoise
Like most tortoises, the Indian star tortoise is a herbivore and lives only off of ingested vegetation. It often eats leaves, plants, fruits, berries, and flowers. So if it grows and is on the ground, the Indian star tortoise will eat it. Even though it has the ability to hide in its shell when threatened, the poor tortoise still finds itself somewhat easy prey for lard birds, snakes, and other common predators, including humans, who capture them for both food, and for the purpose of sale in the aforementioned exotic pet trade. Since the tortoises are very hard to breed in captivity, hunters must go out and pluck them from the wild. Despite this hunting, it still has a strong population.
www.factzoo.com/reptiles/indian-star-tortoise-what-a-pret...