World Turtle Day 2023 11 Fascinating Truths about this Reptile
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Around 356 different species of turtles can be found worldwide. Hawksbill turtles, leatherback turtles, flatback turtles, loggerhead turtles, red-eared slider turtles, western painted turtles, and African side-necked turtles are a few of the more well-known species.
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Reptiles in the genus Testudines include turtles. All turtle species have bony shells covering their entire bodies. The plastron is the lower shell, and the carapace is the top shell. Their rib and spinal column mature into bony shells.
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A turtle can never emerge from its shell. The bones and cartilage that make up the turtle's shell are an essential component of its body.
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When threatened, some turtles can pull their heads and limbs back into their shells.
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Most species of turtles are omnivores, although some, like tortoises, are primarily herbivores.
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Although turtles lack teeth, loggerheads and alligator snapping turtles have strong jaws that enable them to eat lobsters, fish, mussels, and other mollusks.
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Turtles can easily live for 50 years or longer. Box turtles have an average lifespan of 30 years in the wild.
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Sea turtles can live up to 70 years or more and some do not achieve sexual maturity until they are 50.
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Turtles come in a wide range of sizes, weighing between 70 and 1,500 pounds and reaching heights of up to 2 feet.
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More than a hundred million years ago, the largest turtle ever known to man lived. It was 21 feet long and was known as the Archelon.
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