Most kids, they just love animals, they tell you they want to keep a dog, all the way to a turtle?After the circuit breaker, the boy broke out with the Papa Koh. They came back with a terrapin. This was after a long lengthy discussion with the kids, on why we would not buy a terrapin.This interest has gone long, and my boy influencing my girl, and they both like turtle ever since.
Papa Koh decided to embark on a teenage turtle adventure, or just an adventure, since the kid haven't reach the teenage years.
For Singaporeans and PRs the tickets are relatively affordable, and this is also to keep the farm going for the turtles/ tortoises to live in. For non-Singaporean, please refer to the site, click Buy Tickets to check it out.
Singapore Residents (Pink / Blue IC holders)
Adults: $10
Children (3-6 years old): $6
Find your way to Orto, and find your way to lovely farm.
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| 81, #01-16 Lor Chencharu, ORTO, 769198 |
As I know Singapore was small, I wasn't disappointed, when I saw the size of the farm. I was amazed to see quite a few tortoises and turtles.
Parents, this is a time, when you can train your knowledge, to identify the tortoise and a turtle. I bet this comes up in the kids' mind all the time.
'Turtles can be aquatic, semi-aquatic, or mostly terrestrial. Tortoises are turtles that live on land and aren't equipped for water.'
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| The Tortoise Whisper |
Although the farm is small, but the kids will be engrossed with the live turtles at their feet. Trying to touch the shells. I had a good time chasing the tortoises and looking at the pig-stout turtle.
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| Asking the children to touch the tortoise shell to identify the texture. |
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| Literally at your feet. |
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| This beautiful red spotted Tortoise spotted |
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| The younger kids get to throw food to the terrapins. |
At the end of the day, I got to see the baby tortoise and understand that the turtle farm carried a license. The only species legal to keep in Singapore is The red-eared slider, which is the terrapin.
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| SO cutee... |
And parents, please do not buy a terrapin because it is cute, and released it somewhere else when it grow bigger. But guess what, I did bought another, because it so cute and got the kids to be responsible for their baths, and tanks washing.
On the way out, there is a tiny museum and outside the farm, there is a pond and chill out area for the children to look monitor lizards, snakes?
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| Cleaning the small terrapin and big terrapin. |
References
How to Tell a Turtle From a Tortoise, accessed 29th Sept 2020
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/12/shell-game--how-to-tell-a-turtle-from-a-tortoise/
