Amazing and Interesting Facts About Turtles
You may already think that tortoises are wonderful, but there are some reasons why you like them.
There are over 300 species of turtles living today.
The largest live turtle, sea turtle back skin, can weigh up to 2,000 pounds.
Sea turtles can stay underwater for 7 hours before they need oxygen.
A couple of Russian tortoises were the first vertebrates to travel to the moon.
They were launched into space and circled the moon as a service of the Soviet mission.
The oldest known turtle species date back to the Jurassic Period, which coexists with dinosaurs!
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