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This site has the basic information you need to care for your Pet Turtle, and answers for your questions. However, if you’re serious about providing the best possible care for your new pet, you absolutely must get the Turtle Guide Book. Not only is this our Product of the Month, it’s packed full of great turtle facts, care and treatment instructions, and diet information.
You’ll find everything you need to know in order to make your new Pet Turtle feel right at home. You can find great tips and techniques for creating your Pet Turtle’s habitat, including suggestions for the dry area and wet area. Did you know that turtles can live up to forty or fifty years old? Your pet’s going to be with you for most of your life. Don’t they deserve the best possible care you can give them?
The Turtle Guide Book will help you provide just that and more!
Turtles are one of the most studied creatures on the planet. These beings can live for more than a century and there are some species of turtles that are older even than snakes! Sea turtles have gotten even more popular since the release of Disney's “Finding Nemo.” The sea turtle is one of the most popular species of turtle.
There are currently seven different living sea turtle species. These species are the olive ridley, the loggerhead, the leatherback, the hawksbill, Kemp's Ridley, green and flatback. These sea turtles live in all of the oceans on the planet except for the Arctic. While, historically, the green sea turtle has been classified as a separate species from the black turtle, scientists have discovered that the two different species are not actually different at all. Most of these species of sea turtles are in the Cheloniidae family except for the leatherback which is part of the Dermochelyidae family.
Sea turtles are one of the oldest creatures on earth. These creatures have been on the planet since the Mesozoic era and in the millions of years that have passed since then, their bodies have remain mostly the same: dorsoventrally flat bodies, two hind legs and two front arms that are like paddles or flippers and are considered to be highly evolved. The different species can be differentiated by different aspects of the anatomy (the leatherback, for example, is the only species of sea turtle that does not have a hard shell).
One of the most interesting things about the sea turtle is its highly toned navigational skill. Sea turtles use the Earth's magnetic field to get around and are always able to tell exactly where they are and what time of year it is. Sea turtles can travel between oceans and it is a known fact that most of the sea turtles species nest in the same location they were born. The Kemp's Ridley species of sea turtle all come ashore on the same beach and during the day within the same time period.
Sea turtles take about thirty years to mature enough to mate and nesting happens between every two and four years. Often the sea turtles will make between four and seven nests each nesting season. A female can lay between one hundred and fifty to two hundred eggs, depending on which species of turtle she is. She can do this in as little as thirty minutes (though sometimes it can take a little more than an hour). Among these eggs are fertilized and unfertilized eggs. The eggs take two months to incubate. When the eggs hatch, the babies dig their way out of their nest and find their way to the ocean.
Sea turtles have very sharp senses, but all of the species are considered endangered or threatened. In spite of this, the sea turtle is still hunted, even though most countries have made it illegal to hunt the creatures. There are also conservation attempts underway.
