The Russian desert tortoise has a small shelled body and walks on four legs, eating vegetables. It lives in a dark hole in its shell alone in the desert. To defend itself, it can retreat into its shell to escape predators like hawks and eagles. Young Russian desert tortoises are called hatchlings. The species is helpful to humans and has a spine connected to its shell.

1. RUSSIAN DESERT
TORTOISE
BY KESHAV

2. RUSSIAN DESERT TORTOISE’S BODY
• A Russian Desert
Tortoise looks like a
small body with a
shell.
• A Russian Desert
Tortoise walks on all
4 legs.
• A Russian Desert
Tortoise eats
vegetables.

3. RUSSIAN DESERT TORTOISE’S HABITAT
• A Russian Desert
Tortoise’s home is his
shell.
• A Russian Desert
Tortoise’s home
looks like a dark
hole.
• A Russian Desert
Tortoise shares a
home with nobody.

4. RUSSIAN DESERT TORTOISE’S WAY OF
LIFE
• A Russian Desert
Tortoise’s special
defense is to go in his
shell.
• A Russian Desert
Tortoise’s enemies are
hawks and eagles.
• The name of a young
Russian Desert
Tortoise is called a
hatchling.

5. RUSSIAN DESERT TORTOISE’S
IMPORTANCE
• A Russian Desert
Tortoise is helpful to
man.
• A Russian Desert
Tortoise has his spine
connected to his shell.
• I chose a Russian
Desert Tortoise
because they are my
favorite animals. The
most interesting thing a
learned was that they
aren’t that slow.