Turtle tip: Basking rocks

Marshall

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When making a basking island here are a few rules to help out.
1. The aquatic turtles prefer to climb up the side of the rocks vs. sliding up on the side thats in the water so dont make the angles too steep.

2. They dont like brick or wood so use some type of real natural rock or limestone or sandstone pave stone type rocks preferably whitish or gray colored.

3. They are selfish stingy and males are territorial so my formula is one islad for each turtle plus one extra. So for 3 turtles you would do 4 island and for 4 turtles 5 islands and so on...

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