Turtle

Turtle Images for kids

Turtle Species

African Helmeted Turtle Alligator Snapping Turtle Black-breasted Leaf Turtle Black Softshell Turtle Box Turtle Common Snake-necked Turtle Common Snapping Turtle

Green Sea Turtle Hamilton Pond Turtle Hawksbill Sea Turtle Indian Roofed Turtle Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Loggerhead Sea Turtle Mata Mata

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Painted Turtle Red-eared Slider Spotted Turtle Twist-necked Turtle Wood Turtle

Turtle Activities for kids

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Turtle Facts & Trivia for kids

• Some Turtles can live for over 100 years.
• The Leatherback Turtle can weigh as much as 1,770lb, or 800kg.
• The Eastern Turtle not only can retract into its shell, but it can close a hinge over its head so that it is boxed in completely.
• The Chinese Soft Shelled Turtle cannot fully retract into ist shell, but it can defend itself with vicious bites.
• A Turtle never outgrows it's shell. The shell just grows with the turtle.
• Instead of sitting on their eggs Turtles bury their eggs in sand or dirt.
• A terrapin is a turtle living in fresh or brackish water.
• A group of adult turtles is called a Bale.
• Turtles do not have teeth.
• Turtles have been on the Earth for more than 110 million years.

Turtle Links for kids

• Wikipedia Turtle information
• Giant Turtles - Working with the World's Largest Freshwater Species by Frank Indiviglio