3d print a tortoise?
Autodesk has signed up as a key collaborator to help design and create the 3D printed tortoise shells. Once hand-painted, the 3D printed shells are almost truly indistinguishable from real ones. One of the key aspects is to create highly accurate, sensor-equipped 3D printed replica tortoise shells that will do double duty in terms of protecting baby tortoises from predatory ravens, who are attracted by, and like to linger in, nearby manmade landfills. Also unfortunate standing news for sea turtles on the UK coastline. See more in the conservation section.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Autodesk helps design 3D printed replica shells in crowdfunded effort to save Desert Tortoise
Vets caring for Terry the turtle say they are ‘doing all they can’
Giant turtle washed up during Scottish CX champs sadly dies
Tunisian spur-thighed tortoise born at Prague Zoo
Endangered Turtles Reproduce At Dalton State
Jersey vets help washed up turtle
Young sea turtle found dead and entangled in fishing net south of Lantau Island
Loggerhead turtle washed up in Port Soderick
Endangered leatherback turtle found dead on Aberdeenshire beach
Miscellany
Baby Loggerhead Turtle Needs A Name
Did You Know…
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) are herbivore scavengers. Their diets contains over 300 species of plants. They consume a very wide range of plants, but mainly eat broad-leaved grass,regular grass, wiregrass, and terrestrial legumes. They also eat mushrooms, and fruits such as gopher apple, pawpaw, blackberries, and saw palmetto berries.
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