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r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • Apr 04 '16

Image Turtles have no outer ear, but they have an internal ear bone. Thin flaps of skin cover it. The skin flaps allow vibrations and low-frequency sounds in the ear canal -- so the turtles can hear to some extent, but their hearing isn't sensitive.

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r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • Apr 30 '16

Image Radiated tortoises make strange dancing movements in the rain, even when artificially sprinkled with a light stream of water. This may very well be an instinctual reaction to the flooding and monsoon seasons that occur in their native Madagascar. Video in comments!

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r/TurtleFacts • u/Alantha • Jul 14 '16

Image While most turtles do not tolerate the cold well, the Blanding's turtle has been observed swimming under the ice in the Great Lakes region.

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r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • Aug 10 '16

Image In Ancient Roman warfare, the testudo, or tortoise, formation was a formation used commonly by the Roman Legions during battles, particularly sieges. Named after the turtle's protective shell, this formation is still used occasionally by riot police.

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r/TurtleFacts • u/remotectrl • May 15 '16

Image Although cute and popular pets, red-eared sliders are an invasive species in many areas and can compete with or spread diseases to native turtle species where they are introduced.

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r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • May 16 '16

Image Giant South American river turtles tend to be much more communal than other turts. Scientists have discovered that they even talk to each other, using a range of vocalisations for different situations.

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r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • Apr 07 '16

Image Officials are reporting good news for green sea turtles that live along the coast of Florida and Pacific coast of Mexico: they are being reclassified from endangered to threatened!!

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r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • May 21 '16

Image Today is Endangered Species Day!! Here's a Red River giant softshell turtle getting a check-up in the wild. Like the Cantor's turtle, it spends most of its life buried underwater. Only three individuals are left. 💔

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r/TurtleFacts • u/RioTheNinja • Jun 23 '16

Image At 182, Jonathan may be the oldest living land creature. Jonathan is a rare Seychelles Giant. His lawn-fellows hail from the Aldabra Atoll in the Indian Ocean. Aldabra Giants number about 100,000, but only one small breeding population of Seychelles tortoises exists.

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r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • Feb 16 '16

Image The Cantor's giant softshelled turtle spends 95% of its life buried and motionless underwater, with only its eyes and mouth protruding from the sand or mud. It surfaces twice a day to breathe. It is the world's largest freshwater turtle; adults can weigh more than 220 pounds!

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r/TurtleFacts • u/remotectrl • Mar 23 '16

Image Red-eared sliders are popular as pets, though they are considered asymptomatic carriers of salmonella bacteria.

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r/TurtleFacts • u/RioTheNinja • Jun 22 '16

Image The African helmeted turtle is the most common turtle in Africa, according to Animal Planet. It is a hunter-scavenger that eats young birds and small mammals. It steals bait from fishermen's hooks. It also releases a foul-smelling liquid from glands in its legs.

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r/TurtleFacts • u/Jon_Boopin • Mar 28 '16

Image The Mata Mata Turtle is a freshwater turtle found in South America. The Mata Mata consumes its prey, like fish, by creating a vacuum with its mouth and sucking them in faster than the blink of an eye.

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r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • Apr 17 '16

Image Because the Galapagos Islands have never been connected to the mainland, the ancestors of the Galapagos Tortoise probably reached the islands by rafting and swimming from South America, 1000 km to the east. They can go without eating or drinking for up to a year!

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r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • May 17 '16

Image The impressed tortoise has a relatively low domed shell, with characteristically concave carapace scutes. Its common and scientific names derive from the shape of the scutes, and not what the turtle thinks of you.

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r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • Jul 05 '16

Image The Indian flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata) lives in shallow, quiet, and often stagnant bodies of water, and tends to burrow into the soft sandy or muddy bottoms. It plays an important role in aquatic ecosystems by feeding on snails, insects, and fragments of dead animals.

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r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • May 06 '16

Image Unlike most land turtles, sea turtles cannot retract their heads into their shell for safety. They have exchanged this feature for powerful fore flipper muscles that propel them through the water.

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r/TurtleFacts • u/Alantha • Apr 23 '16

Image In some species of turtle the temperature determines if the egg will develop into a male or female, lower temperatures lead to a male while higher temperatures lead to a female.

131 Upvotes

r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • May 09 '16

Image The red stripe on each side of the head distinguishes the red-eared slider from all other North American species and gives this species its name, as the stripe is located behind the eyes where their (external) ears would be.

125 Upvotes

r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • Mar 30 '16

Image Sea turtles, saltwater crocodiles, sea snakes, and marine iguanas are the only surviving reptiles that depend on the sea. Despite the fact crocodiles are known to eat turtles occasionally, turtles have been seen many times riding and basking on top of them! Bold move, turts.

152 Upvotes

r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • Apr 12 '16

Image Giant tortoises similar to this Aldabra were common around the world into prehistoric times, and are known to have existed in North and South America, Australia, and Africa. Many became extinct at the same time as the appearance of man, and it is assumed humans hunted them for food. :-(

134 Upvotes

r/TurtleFacts • u/deltasheep1 • Jul 16 '16

Image the swedish word for turtle is sköldpadda, which literally translates to shield toaD

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r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • Aug 17 '16

Image "Turtle trading" is a trend-following market system. It was created in 1983 after commodities trader Richard Dennis bet with his partner that he could teach a random group to be great traders. His original 'Turtles' earned $175 million using Dennis's money during the course of the experiment!

125 Upvotes

r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • May 02 '16

Image Three-toed box turtles have a domed shell which grows to an average 4.5 to 5 inches in length. The record shell length for this subspecies is 7 inches. They can be found from eastern Texas the northern edge of the Florida Panhandle, and their northernmost habitat is in Missouri and Kansas.

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r/TurtleFacts • u/awkwardtheturtle • Apr 09 '16

Image Leatherback Sea Turtles rarely rest or slow down. They are active for 99.9% of the day. Their constant swimming produces muscle-generated heat that keeps them warm. Their core temperature is much warmer than the water they're in.

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