Turtles

Andrew Impullitti

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What is a turtle?• [tur-tl] Noun, plural turtles ( especially collectively ) turtle.

Any reptile of the order Testudines, comprising aquatic and

terrestrial species having the trunk enclosed in a shell

consisting of a dorsal carapace and a ventral plastron.

http://turtletown.giblar.com/anatomy.html

What is the difference between

turtles and tortoises?• Turtles are aquatic, spending a majority of their lives in

the water.

• Tortoises are terrestrial, spending most of their lives on

land.

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Life cycle of a turtle

• It is not known precisely how long turtles live in the wild, but scientists believe it may last as long as a century. Unfortunately, turtles face many threats related to human activities.

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• Baby: The life cycle of a turtle begins when a mother turtle

lays eggs on a nesting beach. After about two months later a

tiny, hatchling turtle makes its way to the water.

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/12/

• From the time of their first swim, until they return to the

coast as juveniles, may be as long as 10 years, named the

“lost years” as the turtles are very mobile and hard to track.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15110576

• Once they reach sexual maturity, they will migrate to nesting areas to breed. Only the females will come ashore to lay eggs, generally in the area where they were born. Most species will nest multiple times during a nesting season, about every 2-4 years over the course of their life. http://www.socwall.com/desktop-

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Fun Facts• There are about 320 species of turtle in the world, half of which are

endangered.

• Turtles have no teeth.

• Research has shown that tortoises do not yawn back when another

tortoise yawns at them.

• The Greek writer of tragedies, Aeschylus, is said to have been killed in

456BC when a bearded vulture dropped a tortoise on his bald head.

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• Facts and information:

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facts-about-turtles

http://www.seeturtles.org/1402/life-cycle.html