Show Tortoise Carries Water in Travel Over D Dry y Land The word tortoise Is applied to the land turtle Sometimes called the tho ground hog bog of ot California for tor his habit of ot hibernating during the rainy season thero there is still stUl another nickname that might be given The little camel camelot of the desert Located ed under the hard shell Is a membrane mem memo brane brano sack In which they store a supply of ot water to carry carryon on their travels far tar from streams and ponds From plant life Ilee growing on the wastelands they obtain more than enough moisture for their dally use and are able to store up a a supply so lar large e that pant If It a person suffering from thirst could locate the animal they would be able to obtain enough water to carry them over a period of ot two or three days Possessing no teeth states a writer in the Los Angeles Times their Jaws are hard and sharp on the edge forming a beak This is the means they use to grind their food small enough to swallow The large shell protects them from any attacking enemy They are in reality real ity ily their own foe The males when fighting lighting strive to overturn the tho opponent op op- When this occurs they have no means to right themselves and are left lett to die by the victor Land turtles are arc sun creatures and when night comes or the day is dark darl darland and gloomy they seldom put In appearance |