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.
1 The Sahara, with 3.5 million square miles, is the largest hot desert in the world; however, the Antarctica, with 5.4 million square miles, is the largest desert.( 2 While the Sahara receives an average of but few inches of precipitation per year, the Antarctica receives only slightly more.).or a few examples, you can: 1  Explore dune fields, oases, the Nile and Niger rivers and even the most barren areas, (for instance, the Tanezrouft Basin--the Land of Terror). 2  See exotic wildlife such as the Barbary sheep, oryx, hyena, jackal and sand fox as well as various birds and reptiles.