The Chinese tortoise will not recognize the owner, but the Chinese tortoise will feel familiar with the person who often feeds it. Because the IQ of the Chinese tortoise is very low, the owner can only be distinguished by smell. If the owner feeds the Chinese tortoise for a long time, the Chinese tortoise will be familiar with the taste of the owner.

Whenever the Chinese tortoise smells the owner's scent, it knows the owner is coming to feed .