Turtles

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Turtles

What are they? Turtles are a type of reptiles characterized by the solid shell that protects their vital organs from which the head, legs and tail emerge. There are marine and terrestrial species.

Characteristics: - They are oviparous animals. - They dig their nests in the ground, where they incubate their eggs. - They live between 50 and 80 years and in some cases they live up to 100. - The solid shell that protects its vital organs from which the head, legs and tail emerge.

But what were they like before? - They were terrestrial animals and adapted to the aquatic environment. - These first beings were also carnivorous. - Studying these fossils, shell and jaw, researchers discovered that this species carried horns on its armor to protect its skull.

This was the giant turtle with horns on its shell that inhabited Latin America thousands of years ago

Japanese Turtle

Sea Turtle

Red-footed trot