Stinkpots take their name from small glands on the underside of the carapace that can exude a foul-smelling musk in self-defense; captives donât do this often & it is not a hygiene issue (your house wonât stink because you keep one). Other mud & musk turtles & common snappers have this capability.
Updated March 28, 2017. The Sahara Desert is located in the northern portion of Africa and covers over 3,500,000 square miles (9,000,000 sq km) or roughly 10% of the continent. It is bounded in the east by the Red Sea and it stretches west to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Sahara Desert covers most of North Africa. The Sahara Desert is the largest subtropical hot desert and third largest desert in the world, after Antarctica and the Arctic.he Sahara Desert is located in North Africa and covers the following countries and territories (either in part or fully): Algeria Chad Egypt Lybia Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara (This is not a country, its a territory mainly under the control of Morocco) It does not â¦.