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.
World's Largest Non-Polar Desert. The Sahara Desert is the largest non-polar Desert in the world. It's length spans 3000 miles across northern Africa-from the Atlantic ocean in the west to the Red Sea on the east.It's width spans from the Mediterranean Sea on the north and extends 1200 miles to the south to central Africa.he Sahara Desert is Earth's largest non-polar desert. Tour the Sahara using the Google map below. Click on the red icons to learn more about some of the volcanoes, irrigation, meteor impacts, sand dunes, shrinking lakes and mountains of the Sahara Desert. Use the navigation buttons to zoom and move about.