Assertion: young tortoise | /r/HasProperty | vulnerable
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: to predators
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to temperature changes
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: While adults can withstand much higher temperatures, young tortoises are vulnerable to temperature changes.
text: Since young tortoises must be protected from predators such as cats, dogs and birds, the enclosure must be covered.
text: Until the age of six or eight, when the hard shell becomes fully developed, the young tortoises are very vulnerable to predators and may fall prey to rats, badgers, magpies, foxes, wild boar, and many other animals.
text: The young tortoises, especially new hatchlings are very vulnerable to a range of native predators such as snakes, hawks, owls and herons, non-native species introduced by man such as rats, cats and dogs will also eat the young tortoises.