REPTILES: TURTLES AND TORTOISES

CHARACTERISTICS

• Shells
• Cold blooded
• Vocalize to mate
• Scales
• Able to be on land or water

BOX TURTLES: ADAPTATIONS

• Bony shell provides protection from predators
• Hinged plastrom allows complete shell closure
• Thick shells to avoid injury
• Sharp beak acts like shears for slicing vegetation
• Some of the only turtles that can completely close their shells

GIANT TORTOISES: ADAPTATIONS

• Long neck for reaching leaves and fruits
• Flat feet to walk on sand
• Huge shell to protect the soft body inside
• Can live to be 255 years old

FUN FACTS

• Box Turtle: if a female is around a male it will feel like reproducing
• Tortioses are turtles but turtles are not tortoises
• Tortoises: have an exoskeleton and endoskeleton
• Tortoises: can not swim but can hold its breath for a long time
• Box Turtle: sheilds from heat and dryness and protects from fire

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