Episode

TORTOISES with Amanda Hipps

Podcast: Smologies with Alie Ward
Published: Jul 17, 2026
Duration seconds: 1723
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Summary

What's a tortoise? What's a turtle? Why do they live so dang long? What's up with their shells? Wildlife biologist and testudinologist Amanda Hipps studies gopher tortoises and dishes about turtle nomenclature, cliques, roommates, behavior, burrows, evolution and more. If you don't dig tortoises yet, you're about to fall deep into a turtle tunnel in love with them.