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By: Elisa, Ibarra period2 Mrs.farge Table of contents Page1 – into. Page2 –what is a turtle Page3-where do turtles live Page4 –parts of a turtle Page5-type of turtles Page6-diet Page7-sea turtle Page8-hawkbill turtle Page9-conclution Page10-biblyography Page1 Introduction I am doing my report on turtles. Turtles are very fascinating animals. Some live in water some live on land. Some eat plant and some eat meat. Some are so small they are 2-5 inches and some are so big they are 2.7 meters long and 1.8 meters wide. Turtles come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. They are all over the world in water and on land. Page 2 What is a turtle A slow-moving rep€tile enclosed in a scaly or leathery domed shell into which it can retract its head and thick legs. Most of the turtle’s body is shield by a special bony or cartilage shell developed from ribs. The earliest known turtle dates from 250 million years ago making them one of the oldest known reptile groups and a more ancient group then lizards and snakes. About 300 species are alive today and some are highly endanger. Page 3 Where do turtles live Turtles live on land and in water. Marine turtles live in the ocean and come ashore to lay eggs. Land turtles live in desserts and hot areas. Other turtles live in wet woods, murky ponds, streams, fields, woods, stream banks, ponds, wetlands, muddy weedy ponds, marshy meadows, bogs, and wet woodlands. Page 4 Parts of a turtle The parts of the turtle are the carapace, flipper, plastron, scutes, neck, nostrils, beak, and ears. The carapace is the top part of the shell where the bone has overgrown. The flipper is a flat webbed foot that helps turtles dig out of mud and tearing food. The plastron is the bottom part of the shell. The scutes are the scales over the shells it is made of keratin like your fingernail. The neck can fold into a shell in an s-shape. The nostrils are near the top part of its head so it won’t have to stick its head far out of the water. The beak has on teeth but jagged beak catches, hold, and slices food. The ears are not outside so when it is swimming they don’t slow them down. Page 5 Types of turtles There are all kinds of turtles. The Loggerhead Sea Turtle is one of them and it ac grow to be 31-48inches and it live in the ocean. There is also the Stinkpot Turtle that can grow to be 3-6inches. The Eastern Box Turtle that can grow to be 4-9inches. The Wood Turtle, Eastern Painted Turtle, Eastern Spiny Soft-shell Turtle, Eastern River Cooter, Painted Turtle, Slider Turtle, Spotted Turtle, Wood Turtle, Green Sea Turtle, Leatherback Sea Turtle, Oliver Ridley Sea Turtle, and the Box Turtle. There are many more! Page 6 Diet Turtles eat a lot of different t  types  of food. They eat sponges, mollusks, crabs, sea urchins, and seaweed like the Loggerhead Turtle. They also eat worm slug’s raspberries and mushrooms poisonous to humans like the Eastern Box Turtle. They eat snails, insects, crayfish, clam, carrion, earthworms, tadpoles, berries tiny animals, aquatic plants, scavenger, small turtles, fish, and duckling. Page 7 Sea turtles This is a Sea turtle. Sea Turtles are large marine reptiles with bony or leathery shells and flippers coming ashore annually on sandy beaches to lay eggs. Earths seven species of Sea turtles have survived for more than 110 million years. Sea turtles eat small fish, crabs and more. Page 8 Hawksbill turtles Hawksbill turtles are a kind of sea turtles. They live in the ocean. They are mainly found in tropical places. They are most commonly found in hard-bottom and reefs habitats containing sponges. The normal life span of a Hawksbill turtle are30 to 50 years. They eat eat primarily sponges. Page 9 Conclusions So as you have read turtles are fascinating animals. Some are big and some are small. Some live on land and some live in water. And they live all over the world right next to you! Page 10 Bibliography I used [| www.google.com], [| www.ask.com] and farge.wikispace.com.