Turtles!

Today, my third blog post is going to be about turtles. Turtles have been on the earth for more than 200 million years. They evolved before mammals, birds, crocodiles, snakes, and even lizards. 

Turtles live on every continent except Antarctica. Turtles will live in almost any climate warm enough to allow them to complete their breeding cycle. Turtles, along with water snakes, crocodiles, alligators, dolphins and whales, will drown if kept underwater for too long, and turtles can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Some turtles can reproduce up to 4 years after mating, and they don’t lay eggs in water, only on land. Male and female turtles have different sounds and you can tell their gender by their sounds because males grunt and females hiss. Turtles will live in almost any climate warm enough to allow them to complete their breeding cycle. Turtles can go from a 1 inch baby turtle, to 500 pound Giant Tortoise.  Giant tortoises can live to be 300 years old.

Sea turtles live in the sea, but can’t breathe underwater, the just hold their breath for long periods of time. Adult sea turtles can grow to weigh from 150-1000 pounds! They use their jaws to cut and chew food. Some turtles can live for more than a year without food. The shell of a turtle is made up of 60 different bones all connected together. When in danger the green turtle can swim almost 20 miles an hour to escape.

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