Land and Freshwater turtles

1. Land and Freshwater turtles By: Kendall King and Joshua Wallace

2. Habitats Map of where they live. • ponds • lakes • rivers • marshes • warm temperature • precipitation depends on weather • live everywhere except Antarctica

3. What is symbiosys • Symbiosis is a relationship two animals have • It happens over a period of time • Here is an example of commensalism • Commensalism is where one animal is helped • The other isn’t helped or hurt

4. The Gopher Tortoise and Invertebrates • The gopher turtle and invertebrates are examples of symbiosis • The gopher tortoise digs a hole in the ground • Invertebrates inhabit the hole and so does the tortoise • The invertebrates are helped because they get shelter • The tortoise doesn’t care because it isn’t effected, or helped • This an example of commensalism Invertebrates The gopher tortoise

5. Food Web Producers Consumers Decomposers • Flowering plants • Grass • Snakes • Skunks • Birds • Opossums • Dogs • Raccoons • Turtles • Snails • Worms

6. Structural Adaptation • shell keeps them alive • beak catch prey Beak and shell.

7. Behavioral Adaptation • hibernate in rotting vegetables hide from predators • crepuscular awake at dawn and dusk Turtle hiding from predators.

8. Average Age of Different Species of Turtles Age Mud Turtle Box Turtle Tortoise

9. General facts and knowledge • Eggs are the size of ping-pong balls • Use their neck to get up if they fall • Lay on logs in ponds to collect sunlight • All turtles lay their eggs on land • Sometimes, snapping turtles bite and don’t let go Ping pong balls Eggs Turtle nest Snapping Turtle Turtles on a log

10. General Facts and Knowledge • Largest turtle is called a Socata • Spine that attaches to shell • Group of turtles are called a bale • Lay up to 200 eggs • Turtle on Turtle Carapace allows the shell to attach to the spine

11. General facts and knowledge • Eggs are the size of ping-pong balls • Use their neck to get up if they fall • Lay on logs in ponds to collect sunlight • All turtles lay their eggs on land • Sometimes, snapping turtles bite and don’t let go Ping pong balls Eggs Turtle nest Snapping Turtle Turtles on a log

12. Pesticides Pesticides poison, or severely injure the turtle Makes the water in their habitat unable to support the turtles Littering The turtles mistake the trash for food Can choke, or hurt the turtles stomach Eating Turtle meat People all over the world eat turtle meat and eggs This lowers the turtles population for food for us Gasoline Gasoline effects the turtles like pesticides Poison turtles Destroy freshwater sources Human Effects

13. Pesticides Pesticides poison, or severely injure the turtle Makes the water in their habitat unable to support the turtles Littering The turtles mistake the trash for food Can choke, or hurt the turtles stomach Eating Turtle meat People all over the world eat turtle meat and eggs This lowers the turtles population for food for us Gasoline Gasoline effects the turtles like pesticides Poison turtles Destroy freshwater sources Human Effects

14. Plan of Action Slide • Don’t collect turtles for pets • Help turtles cross the road • Learn and teach • Protect towns open spaces • Go to www.turtlehomes.org Somebody helping a turtle cross.

15. Bibliography • http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/reptiles/books/book3/bookframe1.htm • http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/13-animals/54-turtles.html • http://www.gma.org/turtles/ • http://www.turtlehomes.org/ • http://www.turtlepuddle.org/kidspage/hibernation.html • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ • http://www.animalbehavioronline.com/turtlemigration.html • http://www.42explore.com/turtle.htm • http://www.blankparkzoo.com/en/explore_the_zoo/meet_the_animals_2/box_turtle.cfm

16. Bibliography • Beane, Jeff. "That turtle ain't right." Wildlife North Carolina June 2005: 20-23. Print. • Biel, Timothy. "Turtles." Zoobooks turtles Mar. 2003: 13. Print. • Switzer, Merebeth. Turtles. Danbury,CT: Grolier, 1986. Print. • Merick, Patrick. Turtles. Chanhassen, MN: Childs world, 2007. Print. • Ernst, Carl. "Turtles." World Book, 2002. Print