In each aquarium, one turtle was released
for
the
feeding
test,
and
all
treatments
were
replicated
4
times.
After
5
days,
all
the
snails
were
collected
from
the
aquaria
and
the
number
of
snails
consumed
by
the
turtle
was
calculated
by
subtracting
the
number
of
the
remaining
snails
from
the
initial
number placed in
the aquarium. The snails were replenished to the initial
quantity after recording. The procedure was repeated
until four replicates were obtained.