Turtles
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Diet for Painted Turtle
Good health is based on good nutrition and painted turtle pets depend on their owners for both.
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The Characteristics of Turtles
Turtles, the most ancient lineage of the living reptiles, have scarcely changed over the course of their 260 million years history.
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Geomagnetic Navigation in Sea Turtles
Sea turtles have a remarkable ability to use a "compass sense" to help them find their way to regular feeding and nesting areas.
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How Sea Turtles Have Adapted to Ocean Living
Sea turtles have developed unique body characteristics and a remarkable navigational ability that helps them make their way through the sea.
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How to Handle a Turtle
How to avoid the common mistake many people make, which often harms and kills the turtle.
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Where Do Turtles Go in Winter?
In the northeastern U.S., both water-dwelling and terrestrial turtles must take measures to protect their temperature-sensitive systems from the winter cold.
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Do Box Turtles Make Good Pets?
Because of their supposed ease of care, keeping Eastern box turtles as pets was a tradition in many parts of the United States. They were commonly collected in the wild.
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Hope for Endangered Chinese Turtle
The world's most endangered reptile is the Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle - there are only four left. US zoos have helped their Chinese counterparts to mate two of them.
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