r/TurtleFacts • u/roseinshadows • Sep 06 '20

Your average lagomorph is easily distracted by outside stimuli. They have very good hearing, see. Might not even notice that there is an actual competition going on. Your average chelonian, however, barely even hears that stuff. No exterior ears. Just keeps on going.

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452 Upvotes

8 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/eliteprephistory • Sep 02 '20

Chersobius signatus (or Speckled Cape Tortoise) is the world's smollest turtle buddy, seen here having a nibble of a dandelion before getting right back into smol-crime

608 Upvotes

11 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/kepg19 • Aug 21 '20

My dad built an outdoor house with a window for his tortoise.

610 Upvotes

13 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/Nariman_Pets • Aug 13 '20

Some morphs of northern red bellied turtles have such a unique red carapace like this | picture by: Rob Snowhite

1.2k Upvotes

34 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/moksah822 • Aug 08 '20

Turtles Love Sweet Potato!

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289 Upvotes

7 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/sikide_exe • Aug 06 '20

Sea Turtles really, really enjoy eating jellyfish, it's one of their favourite foods

92 Upvotes

9 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/HoneyfaceDarling • Aug 01 '20

Did you know some species of turtles are down to as little as three remaining survivors? That's why we've partnered with top turtle conservation organizations to launch the original Turtle Conservation Professional Diver!

633 Upvotes

17 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/kmsjump • Jul 27 '20

Turtle Meanings and Symbolism in Ancient Cultures Around the World

uniguide.com

195 Upvotes

1 comment

r/TurtleFacts • u/feetandballs • Jul 24 '20

Yellow turtles are rare, but one was recently spotted in India

986 Upvotes

27 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/[deleted] • Jul 16 '20

The burrows of gopher tortoises are crucial for the wildlife of their entire ecosystem

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274 Upvotes

6 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/memezzer • Jul 07 '20

Turtles like to eat leaves

1.3k Upvotes

33 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/Unvolta • Jun 26 '20

Saved a turtle in the road he peed on me

916 Upvotes

29 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/BeatByAGirlxxx • Jun 22 '20

Just found this turtle in my backyard .. dug a hole and made eggs.. does this turtle need water ??

791 Upvotes

50 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/Quiescam • Jun 20 '20

The light and flexible shell of these turtles allows them to move more easily in open water, or in muddy lake bottoms. The carapace color of each type of softshell turtle tends to match the sand and/or mud color of its geographical region, assisting in their "lie in wait" feeding methodology.

gfycat.com

454 Upvotes

7 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • Jun 19 '20

Article Sea turtles can carry more than 100,000 tiny animals on their shells

nationalgeographic.com

421 Upvotes

5 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/OffGridSecrets • Jun 15 '20

Should cleaning sea turtle nests be classified as "essential work"?

youtu.be

279 Upvotes

10 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/memezzer • Jun 11 '20

Sea turtles travel in huge numbers in seasonal migration . In this drone footage numbers were estimated around 64,000 turtles. Highly rare and AKWARD

299 Upvotes

2 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/roseinshadows • May 29 '20

Red-eared sliders are popular as pets. But beneath the super cute exterior lie plans of conquest. They've spread all over the US and have even carved niches elsewhere, despite import restrictions. They tend to displace native turtles.

nationalgeographic.com

384 Upvotes

12 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/[deleted] • May 28 '20

The Okavango mud turtle lives in Botswana (and blames this retraction of the head on the temperature of the water in the pool)

525 Upvotes

4 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/[deleted] • May 29 '20

The province of Tawi-Tawi, the Philippines has a fifth-class municipality with a population of nearly 5000...named the Municipality of Turtle Islands.

53 Upvotes

3 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/[deleted] • May 28 '20

Turtle Bay, Manhattan is named because the Dutch word for knife is deutal, which was misheard as turtle when naming the former Turtle Bay Cove.

43 Upvotes

7 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/Quiescam • May 27 '20

Tortoises are allowed, right? The largest recorded individuals have reached weights of over 400kg and 1.87 meters in length. The relatively immobile and defenceless tortoises were once collected and stored live on board ships where they could survive for at least a year without food or water.

gfycat.com

779 Upvotes

15 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/ExistentialFarterist • May 27 '20

Fun fact: Turtles are like humans in the sense that they need constant appreciation and love. To whoever sees this, you're appreciated and loved by at least one person! (:

314 Upvotes

10 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/[deleted] • May 27 '20

Fun Fact: Turtles have been around for over 110 million years! This means that they have been on earth since the cretaceous period, happily co-existing with dinosaurs.

69 Upvotes

3 comments

r/TurtleFacts • u/FillsYourNiche • May 25 '20

Article Aussie Ark commits to turtle conservation on World Turtle Day

ausleisure.com.au

206 Upvotes

1 comment

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