All right, so you just heard about how climate change is impacting the desert tortoises,

and maybe you want to help out.

We've got some good news.

There are things you can do to make sure that desert tortoises live long and happy lives.

We brought back Gabby Barnus and Suzanne a man.

They're the wildlife texts at the Ivanpaw tortoise research facility.

First up, what can happen if you see a tortoise when you're on a hike?

Here's Gabby.

One of the big things is to just leave them alone.

Admire them from a distance and you can try to take pictures of them, but you don't want to put hands on them or even get too

close and crowd them because they can start to feel really frightened and threatened in that time,

which is a big risk for them.

I think a lot of people encourage their children to pick up the desert tortoise,

especially if they're children who have had turtles of their own.

Right, yeah, it is, I understand as a wildlife lover myself, I understand that getting to see an animal up close is a totally different experience compared to seeing them from afar.

But what we know about desert tortoise biology is that they are really susceptible to losing their water supply

that they have on them.

So one of the adaptations that they have to survive the desert

is this bladder that holds their whole water supply

for up to a year.

And so they collect all that water, hold onto it, and use it as they need it.

But when they're threatened or feel frightened by somebody picking them up, they may void or

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