Scary desert tortoise fight!

🐢🐢 “Most tortoises are loners in the wild. They roam several acres, and only occasionally encounter other tortoises. If a tortoise encounters another, they will fight, mate, or both. Then they wander apart again (or one is chased away by the other).“ “Fighting may occur when males encounter each other. Desert tortoises are equipped with a gular horn, a bony protrusion at the front of the plastron (bottom shell) which males use in combat with each other. The fight ends when the dominant male has forced the subordinate male to retreat or when he has been flipped onto his back.“