The habits of the turtle

Group of turtles and tortoises are the "shells" for the center evolved from reptiles. Turtle was first seen in the early Triassic period, when that is fully developed carapace. Early today, the turtle may not be as general, contraction of the head and limbs into the shell. Simply put, the turtle is aquatic animals, tortoises, compared with terrestrial animals. Turtle has survived for thousands of years on Earth, and the Department of dinosaurs the same period the animals. Turtle belongs to the department's three major water turtle turtle turtle line another name for beetles, tortoises, turtles and mountain mud turtle, turtles and other flowers in the animal taxonomy under Reptilia, turtles head, turtle Branch, turtle subfamily, turtles head is the most common animals. Almost all of the distribution of turtles all over the country, but higher yield of the Yangtze River provinces; parts of Guangxi also has produced, especially in the Southeast, southern Guangxi and other places in larger quantities; abroad mainly in Japan, Brazil and Korea. Price: 5 to 10,000 yuan a.

Tortoiseshell a little flat, but can not be fixed back shell and activities, a 13 carapace length 10 cm, width 16 cm, there are three vertical uplift. Side of the head and neck with yellow linear stripes, slightly flattened limbs, fingers and toes are webbed with the whole, in addition to fifth gold hind legs, the ends of fingers and toes Jie claw. Turtles generally live in rivers, lakes, swamps, reservoirs and streams, sometimes also ashore activities. In the natural environment, the turtle with worms, snails, shrimp and small fish such as food, but also eat leaves and stems of plants. Turtle is a cold-blooded animal, in the winter, or when the temperature at a lower long-term case, the turtle goes into hibernation, a variety of different types of turtles, the temperature began to hibernate is not the same, but usually in the 10 16 ℃. This time will be long-term reduction in the turtle shell, almost no activity, while it decreased respiratory rate, body temperature decreased, blood circulation and metabolism to slow down, the consumption of nutrients is also reduced. This state and is similar to sleep, but this is a months-long deep sleep, even showing a slight paralysis. In addition, the turtle also has the following characteristics: low reproductive rate and slow growth, a 500 grams of turtle feeding after one year only about 100 grams of weight gain. But the turtle's anti-hunger ability, even if fasting is not easily starve to death a few months, also strong resistance to disease, and high survival rate. So the tortoise is easier to animals in captivity, is more welcomed by the people's pets.