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 stretches across several countries, including Western Sahara, Mauritania, Morocco, Mali, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Egypt and Sudan. The desert is largely undeveloped and consists of a variety of terrains, such as sand dunes, barren rock plateaus, salt flats and wind-swept plains.