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 * By:Irene Rosas**

=Table of Contance= Page1................................................Intro Page2................................................Snapping turtles Page3.................................................Sea turtles Page4.................................................. mating Page5...................................................What they eat Page6.................................................Where they live Page7..................................................Who their pretedors are Page8..................................................Where can they be found Page9..................................................What kinds is there Page10...............................................Concution

=Page1....Intro= If you want to know about turtles you are in the right place.You will know about snapping turtles,sea turtles.And mating.What they eat,Where they live.Who there pretedors are.Where can they be found,What kind is there.

=Page2....Snapping turtles=

Snapping turtles are fresh water animales. they have a beak-like jaw but it is very strong.They live about 30 years but if keeped in cativity they will live up for about 39 years.They are huntied for turtle soup and heveiy meat.

=Page3....Sea turtles=

Sea turtles are ocean and sea water turtles.They are cold-blooded animales.They have scaly skin and 3 heart chamber.Males and females are the same size.There are different types of spieces like greenand black.Losserhead and Kemp's ridley.Olive and hawkabill. Flat back and leather back.

=Page4...Mating= Snapping turtles mate around April-November.The females cam hold sperm until any seson.They lay up to 25-80 eggs.Sea turtles gather to nesting.Two or more males may court a singel female.Males have enlargea claws on there front flipper.These aid males in grasping of female during mating.

=Page5....What they eat=

Snapping turtles eat fish,frogs.And reptiles,snakes.Also small turtles.They have to eat thing that are smaller than them because they will not be able to swallow them.They also eat lettuce and turtle food

=Page6....Where they live=

All turtles live in water and land becaues they breath with there lunges.Sea turtles can be found in the Gulf of Mexico.They are found in warm water around the wrold.Snapping turtles are found in shallow coastal water.The bay and lagoons.

=Page7....Who are there predetors=

Do you wounder what kind of animal eates a animal with a realy hard shell. well we are going to find out.First of all we eat turtles for turtle soup and sometimes there meat.Alagators also eat them becaues there teeth are stonger than a turtles shell.Turtles shell is a part of there body it is there bone.

=Page8.... Where can they be found=

Turtles can be found in many places like. Snapping turtles are found in Mexico.In the gulf of mexico in the shallow water.They are found all around the wrold except Arctic ocean.Sea turtles are found in warm places.Thatis where they are found

=Page9....What kinds are there=

There are different kinds of spices.Lggerhead nest on beches fromm texes to virgina.Easternbox has high shell some have lived for over 100 years.Srinkpot small but feist can snap as car back its hid less lets off smell.Snapping turtle won't bother you if you do botherit.There is also wooden an spotted.

=Page10....Conclution=

So today you learned about turtles like snapping turles,and sea turtles.How they mate?Who there praditors are?Where they live?What they live?What kinds are there?Where they could be found?Lastely I would like to deticate this to my dead turtle Leo 2007-2008