TURTLE
Turtle belong to a group of
animals called reptile. One of native Southern American region animal, but now
it can be found in many places in the world.
Most of them live in freshwater, but some types live in salt water or on land.
Turtles
body is surrounded by a hard shell that protects its organs. Many turtles can
pull their heads, legs and tails into the shell. It used to protect them in
danger situation. So they will hide their heads inside their shell when they
feel in danger. Upper shall is called “CARAPACE” and the bottom shell is called
”PLASTRON”. Turtles don’t have teeth they tear apart food with their beaks.
They have powerful legs and short feet. Turtles can be grow up to 2 metres and
weigh about 700 kg.
Turtles
can swim and some turtles lay eggs in the sand and leave them to hatch on their
own. The young turtles make their way to the top of the sand and scramble to
the water while trying to avoid predators. Most turtles eat plants and sea
animals, like worms, snails, insects, jellyfish or mussels. They can survive
for a long time without food. But when they see food they will eat a lot and
can grow very fat.
As one of long-life animals,
turtles have many function from their body. Their shell can be used
as ornament, their eggs can be use as food which contain many proteins. Also
many people believe that turtle's meat can be used as medicine.
