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Turtles Vs. Tortises
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Turtles Vs. Tortoises
Similarities and Differences
Facts about Turtles
Turtles
1. Turtles belong to one of the oldest reptile groups alive today.
2. Species is 200 million years old.
3. All have a built in shell and cannot escape it.
4. Turtles eat anything from beetles to jellyfish.
5. Turtles are ‘amniotes’
6. Turtles hold the record for the longest life-span
188 years!
7. Sadly 129 of the estimated 300 species are endangered
Sea Turtles!!
-7 Species
-Smallest sea turtle at 30 inches long
-Largest sea turtle is the leather-back- an adult can reach over six and a half feet long
-Ranges from 80 lbs to a ton
-Can live 80 years
-Clutch size is 70-190 eggs only a few survive
Sea Turtles
Red-Eared Sliders
-I owned two named slip and slide
-The sex of the Red-eared Slider is determined by the temperature during development.
-Red-eared Sliders live around ponds and can swim well underwater.
-Pond sliders communicate with touch and vibrations.
-Holds Breath for 30 minutes but sleeps underwater.
Red-Eared Sliders
Snapping Turtles
-All snapping turtles behave very friendly while in water, but become furious if taken out of water.
-These turtles have a tongue that much look like a worm,
-Both the snapping turtles have very sharp and strong jaws.
-Common Snapping Turtles
-Alligator Snapping Turtles
Snapping Turtles
Facts about Tortoises
Tortoises
1. A tortoise is a turtle, but a turtle isn't a tortoise.
2. A tortoise has "elephant feet.
3. Tortoises inspired the ancient Roman military.
4. Tortoises have an exoskeleton AND an endoskeleton.
5. They can't swim, but tortoises can hold their breath for a long time.
6. They can smell with their throats.
7. Tortoises won the space race.
8. The Galapagos tortoise is the largest living of the species, with males weighing over 440 lbs on average.
9. an adult Galapagos tortoise can reach over four feet in length.
Facts about Galapagos Tortoises
1. Modern Galápagos tortoises can weigh up to 417 kg
2. longest-lived of all vertebrates, averaging over 100 years
3. Completely Herbivoric
4. Length can be 4 feet long
Galapagos Tortoises
Facts about Indian Star tortoise
1. Indian star tortoise can reach 8 to 12 inches in length
2. 3 to 4.9 pounds of weight.
3. Females are larger than males.
4. Indian star tortoise is diurnal animal that is mostly active in the morning and late in the afternoon.
Indian Star tortoise
Similarities
Versus
-All tortoises are turtles
-All have scales and a hard shell,
-Lay eggs that they bury
-All are ectothermic
-Neither turtles nor tortoises have teeth