ANIMAL FACTS
JULY 8, 2022
12 Important Facts Of Turtles
Here are the 12 Important Facts Of Turtles that make the animal a special pet for animal lovers since long ago.
- Turtles are ancient creatures. Where they have existed since two hundred million years ago, the only difference is that the turtles in ancient times had long and sharp teeth. In addition, turtles in ancient times could not put their heads in their shells.
- Turtles do not have teeth to cut their food, turtles will cut their food with a bird-like beak that he has.
- Turtles can live on all continents on earth, except in the Antarctic continent where the temperature is so cold.
- Turtles can live in a variety of habitats, such as tropical forests, fresh water, to deserts. However, basically, turtles are land animals.
- The turtle shell is part of the turtle’s body itself, so it can’t be separated just like that. The tortoise shell is composed of more than 50 bones which are a combination of the ribs and vertebrae.
- Turtles are believed to live up to 100 years but not all types of turtles can survive that long, For example, like the type of Brazilian tortoise that is widely kept by humans, it can only survive for 20-40 years depending on the food consumed and the conditions in which it lives.
7. Not all turtles are slow. In fact, there are also turtles that can walk at a speed of 6 km/hour and can swim at a speed of 35 km/hour. In fact, the male tortoise will run even faster if he is attracted to the female tortoise.
8. Turtle ears turned out as much as 3. In contrast to mammals whose ears are visible on the side of the head, the turtle’s 2 ears are also located on the side of the head with a small hole and the other is located inside the nose.
9. There are 365 species of tortoises that are all over the world both living on land, rivers, seas and others.
10. The shell of a turtle itself consists of 50 bones, including the spine, shoulder blades and ribs which are fused together to form an outer or external shell and are hard and composed of fibrous protein with another name keratin.
11. The Alligator snapping turtle is a turtle that has the most dangerous bite, when compared to all types of bats that have ever existed. This type of animal has jaw strength that can produce a bite pressure of 650 newtons.
12. Apart from being a pet, in some areas of Asia turtles are also used as food. The turtle that is often used as food is the Asiatic Softshell Turtle (Amyda cartilaginea).
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