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 is the largest hot desert in the world covering 3.6 milllion square miles, but Antarictica covers 5.5 million square miles and has less than 10 inches of precipitat â¦ ion per year. therefore Antarctica is the largest desert in the world.t isn't. The Sahara Desert is only the world's largest hot desert. The world's largest desert is Antarctica since a desert is defined as an area receiving less than 250 mm or â¦ 10 inches of precipitation per year.