{"id":344048,"date":"2025-08-06T16:09:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=344048"},"modified":"2025-08-06T16:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:39:20","slug":"asian-giant-tortoise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/asian-giant-tortoise\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Giant Tortoise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The critically endangered Asian Giant Tortoise has been successfully reintroduced into the Zeliang Community Reserve located in Nagaland\u2019s Peren district.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Asian Giant Tortoise<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 371px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/turtlesurvival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Species-Spotlight-Infographic_Asian-Giant-Tortoise-small.jpg?resize=371%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Asian Giant Tortoise\" width=\"371\" height=\"407\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- Asian Survival Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>largest tortoise species in mainland Asia<\/strong> and is considered one of the <strong>oldest tortoise species<\/strong> in the world.<\/li>\n<li>It is now only found in a few regions of <strong>India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>native to Southeast Asia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> Tropical and subtropical mountainous evergreen forests<\/li>\n<li>In the wild, these tortoises can weigh up to <strong>25 kilograms<\/strong>, and individuals in captivity may grow even larger.<\/li>\n<li>Asian giant tortoises inhabit <strong>forested regions<\/strong>, where they play a crucial role in maintaining ecological balance.<\/li>\n<li>As a <strong>keystone species<\/strong>, they are vital for forest ecosystems. They contribute to seed dispersal, help aerate and enrich the soil by digging, and manage vegetation by grazing on plants.<\/li>\n<li>This species is unique among tortoises for its <strong>above-ground nesting behavior<\/strong>. Instead of digging holes like other tortoises, the female gathers leaves into a large pile, lays up to <strong>50 eggs<\/strong> inside it, and then guards the nest by sitting on top.<\/li>\n<li>She actively <strong>protects the eggs from predators and intruders,<\/strong> making her one of the few tortoise species to show such maternal care.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threats:<\/strong>The population of Asian giant tortoises has declined drastically <strong>due to tribal hunting and loss of habitat. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Today, only a few individuals remain in the wild, and the species is on the brink of extinction if conservation efforts are not scaled up.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protection status:<\/strong> It is listed as <strong>Critically Endangered by the IUCN<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The critically endangered Asian Giant Tortoise has been successfully reintroduced into the Zeliang Community Reserve located in Nagaland\u2019s Peren district. About Asian Giant Tortoise It is the largest tortoise species in mainland Asia and is considered one of the oldest tortoise species in the world. It is now only found in a few regions&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/asian-giant-tortoise\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Asian Giant Tortoise<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-344048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}