The tortoise is an animal that has been on Earth for a long time as a dinosaur and usually lives over 150 years old! It is a turtle, also known as a large land turtle.
Turtles have many unique characteristics which include living for months without food or water and having two skeletons! Let's take a look at this amazing creature!
1. Tortoises have a turtle, but the turtle is never Tortoises
The group of turtles is called creep.
During the siege, soldiers were formed in battle like testudo (turtles), which was named for the Latin word tortoise.
In order to give shelter to the male unit by way of form, he used to make rows and used to hold shields in front of him or above.
Testudinal means "related to turtle or turtle shell.
2. Turtles have an exoskeleton and an endoskeleton.
The shell has three main parts: top carapace, bottom plastron, and bridge which connect these pieces together.
You can not see them, but every turtle has ribs, a collar bone and a spine inside its shell.
3. Scales on the carapace are called scutes.
Made from the same keratin found in fingernails and hoofs, the skate protects the bony plates of the shell from injury and infection.
Growth rings can be counted around the scutes to determine the approximate lifespan of forest turtles.
4. They can not swim, but turtles can stop their breath for a long time.
They are extremely tolerant of carbon dioxide. This is a good thing - turtles need to empty their lungs before going to their armor.
When they are startled and decide to hide, you will often hear them exhale.
5. And yes, their armor is sensitive to the touch
Armor has nerve endings, so turtles can feel every bruise or scratch… and sometimes they love it. Note: This delightful creature is a turtle, not a tortoise.
6. Turtle is a creature of Uggs (Kylonia). It is found in both water and space.
The round body of turtles is covered with a tight compartment such as a cover. This hardcover or shell is called khapra. This sculpture is covered with hardened scales.
The four legs of the tortoise and long necks go out.
7. Some of the water and the place are different, there are also separate castes of sweet and saltwater turtles.
The upper part of the turtle is often convex (embossed) and the lower part is flattened. The upper part is called carapace and the bottom is called pluton.
Turtles do not have teeth in their mouth, but in their place, the stern plate of a stiff bone remains, which has sharp edges.
Turtles easily look into the darkness of the night. It can see colors and can see everything from ultraviolet rays to red.
There are about 225 species of turtles in the world, in which the largest sea turtle is normal lactation. The sea turtle is about 8 feet long and 30 mana heavy.
Turtles are found in almost all continents except Antarctica.
Turtle species is considered to be one of the world's oldest surviving species (approximately 200 million years).
These ancient species are believed to have come into existence on earth even before mammals, sparrows, snakes, and lizards.
'World Turtle Day' is celebrated all over the world on May 23 every year with the aim of attracting people's attention to the turtles and encouraging human efforts
8. The warmer the turtles live in, the lighter their armor is, and the turtles who live in colder areas have darker armor.
You must know that turtles lay eggs. Female Turtle first digs the soil and then lays 1 to 30 eggs at a time. It takes about 90 to 120 days to get children from these eggs.
Their chest armor plays a very important role in sex a turtle. Female's armor is very straight and Male's armor is slightly curved.
9. These ancient species are believed to have come into existence on earth even before mammals, sparrows, snakes, and lizards. According to biologists, turtles can protect themselves for so long simply because their armor provides them protection.
The turtle may be considered the dullest, but a turtle has done wonders. He holds the world record for fastest escape. This turtle, named Bertie of Britain, holds this record in Adventure Valley, UK ...
10. World Turtle Day is celebrated on 23 May every year. A tortoise is a turtle but a turtle does not tortoise and explain well, all creep and armor creatures that belong to the chelonian family are called turtle and the terrestrial tortoise is called tortoise.
More than 318 species of turtles exist on this earth, some of them live on land and some in water, many species are on the verge of extinction.
Turtles are not poisonous, nor do they get poisoned when biting, nor while eating them.
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