The old ancestor has a saying that goes well, “the king of thousands and the turtle of 80000 years”. When I was a child, I often scolded “tortoise bastard”, “shrinking head tortoise” and so on. I’ve always been a little curious. Why do we always associate “long life” with “Tortoise”? Is it true that turtles live a long life?

At this point, I’ll tell you a little joke.

One day I went to the pet store to buy a pet. I accidentally saw a lovely little turtle, but I was afraid that I would die without taking good care of it when I bought it home.

So he asked the boss, “boss, how long can this turtle live?” “it can live until your great grandson gets married and has children.”

。。。。。。 Cough, back to the point, since the tortoise can live for a long time, it naturally makes sense. Then, can it live so long if it doesn’t eat? Or in other words, how long can a turtle live without eating?

First, from the current weather analysis, ha. It’s winter now. Many animals hibernate. If you give me a warm room, I can hibernate, too. As we all know, the tortoise has a “house”. Naturally, it also needs to hibernate. It’s normal not to eat during hibernation, but if the tortoise doesn’t eat during hibernation, it will basically die.

You can think about it. Do we consume more energy when running or when we sleep in bed? Naturally, the answer doesn’t need me to say more. The same goes for turtles. The speed at which a tortoise usually moves may also reflect its long life. Since the consumption is low, naturally, if you don’t eat for a long time, you should be able to last for a month or two. So if you want to go far and can’t feed the tortoise, please get ready in advance. Don’t force your little tortoise to wander around the house and put the food in front of it. It’s best to lock it in a small box with the food, so that it won’t find where the food is, and then it will starve to death and you will be stupid by it.

What I have to mention here is that the amount of food a tortoise eats is not only related to itself, but also has a great relationship with the environment. The tortoise will eat more or less for different time because of temperature, water source, light and other reasons, but at least there will be differences.