1. By: Bryanna Brown April 2017 4th grade
Amazing Turtles
By: Bryanna Brown
April th grade

2. Where do turtles live?
MOST TURTLE SPECIES ARE FOUND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA AND SOUTH ASIA.
ONLY FIVE SPECIES OF TURTLES LIVE IN EUROPE.
SEA TURTLE ARE FOUND MOSTLY IN TROPICAL OCEANS.
FRESHWATER TURTLES ARE FOUND MAINLY IN TROPICAL AND
SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES.

3. WHERE TURTLES LIVE continuing…
ROTI ISLAND SNAKE NECKED TURTLES ARE FOUND ONLY ON ROTI ISLAND.
FRESHWATER TURTLES ALSO CAN BE FOUND IN LAKE SWAMPS AND RIVERS. 
SEA TURTLES CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN THE CORAL TRIANGLE.

4. WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT A TURTLES SHELL?
A TURTLES SHELL IS A MODIFIED RIBCAGE AND PART OF ITS VERTEBRAL COLUMN.
THE TOP OF THE SHELL IS CALLED THE CARAPACE.
THE BOTTOM OF THE TURTLES SHELL IS CALLED THE PLASTRON.
THE TURTLES SHELL IS MADE UP OF 60 BONES THAT ARE COVERED BY SCUTES.

5. What's important about the turtles shell continuing…
SCUTE IS MADE OF THE SAME MATERIAL THAT MAKES HUMAN FINGERNAILS.
THE MATERIAL IS KERATIN. 

6. WHAT DO TURTLES EAT?
MOST TURTLES ARE OMNIVORES;THEY EAT VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS, DEPENDING ON WHAT SPECIES THEY ARE.
MUSK TURTLES EAT MOLLUSKS, PLANTS, SMALL FISH AND INSECTS.
THE COOTER TURTLE IS MOSTLY VEGETARIAN.
THE GREEN SEA TURTLE ONLY EATS GRASSES AND ALGAE.

7. What Turtles eat continued…
THE ALIGATER SNAPPING TURTLE LURES IN FISH WITH ITS TONGUE.
THE ALIGATER SNAPPING TURTLE ALSO EATS AQUATIC PLANTS, SNAKES, FROGS, FISH, WORMS, CLAMS, CRAYFISH AND OTHER TURTLES.

8. WHAT ARE SOME OTHER FACTS ABOUT TURTLES?
TURTLES ARFE REPTILES WITH HARD SHELLS THAT PROTECT ITSELF FROM PREDATORS.
TURTLES ARE AMONG THE OLDEST AND MOST PRIMITIVE GROUPS OF REPTILES, HAVING EVOLED MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO.
THEY LIVE ALL OVER THE WORLD IN ALMOST EVERY TYPE OF CLIMATES.

9. WHAT OTHER TURTLE FACTS CONTINUING…
TURTLES SPEND MOST OFF THEIR LIVES IN WATER.
SEA TURTLES RARELY LEAVE THE OCEAN, EXCEPT TO LAY EGGS IN THE SAND.
FRESHWATER TURTTLES CLIMB OUT OF THE WATER ONTO LOGS OR ROCKS TO BASK IN THE WARM SUN.

10. WHAT ARE THE SIZES OF TURTLES?
THE LARGEST SEA TURTLE IS THE LEATHERBACK TURTLE.
IT WEIGHS 600 TO 1,500 LBS.
272 TO 680 KILOGRAMS AND IS ABOUT 4.5 TO 5.25 FEET (139 TO 160 CENTIMETERS LONG.

11. WHAT SIZES OF TURTLES CONTINUING…
THE LARGEST FRESHWATER TURTLE IN NORTH AMERICA IS THE ALIGATER SNAPPING TURTLE.
IT CAN GROW UP TO 2.5 FEET (80 CM) LONG AND WEIGH AS MUCH AS 200 LBS. (91KG)
THE YANGTZE GIANT SOFTSHELL TURTLE IS THE LARGEST SOFTSHELL TURTLE. IT MEASURES UP TO 3.6 FEET AACROSS AND WEIGH UP TO 309 LBS.(140 KG)

12. Last for sizes of turtles
ONE OF THE SMALLEST TURTLE IS THE SPECKLED CAPE TURTLE.
ITS SHELL IS 3.1 INCHES (7.9 CM) LONG.
IT WEIGHS ABOUT 5 OUNCES (142 GRAMS).

13. WHAT HABITS DO TURTLES HAVE?
TURTLES ARE NOT SOCIAL CREATURES.
WHILE THEY TYPICALLY DON’T MIND IF THERE ARE OTHER TURTLES AROUND THEM, THEY DON’T INTERACT OR SOCIALIZE.
TURTLES ARE ACTIMOSTVE DURING THE DAY, SPENDING THEIR TIME FORAGING FOR FOOD.

14. WHAT HABBITS CONTINUING
TURTLES ARE NOT SILENT CREATURES.
SOME WILL SOUND LIKE ELECTRIC MOTERS, CLUCKING CHICKENS AND EVEN SOME CAN SOUND LIKE BARKING DOGS!

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16. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING MY SLIDESHOW ABOUT TURTLES 