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Spartin’s Facts About Turtles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle http://www.gma.org/turtles/index.html http://www.turtles.net/ http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/54/27/ The smallest species of turtles are the Speckled Padolper Tortoise that lives in Africa. It measures no more than 8 centimeters and weighs about 140 grams. Two other small turtles are the american mud and musk turtles. The shell length of many species in this group is less than 13 centimeters in length.  Turtles are broken down into two groups, according to how they evolved a solution to the problem of withdrawing their neck into their shell (something the ancestral [|Proganochelys] could not do): the [|Cryptodira], which can draw their neck in while contracting it under their spine; and the [|Pleurodira] , which contract their neck to the side. Most turtles that spend most of their life on land have their eyes looking down at objects in front of them. Some aquatic turtles, such as snapping turtles and soft-shelled turtles, have eyes closer to the top of the head. These species of turtles can hide from predators in shallow water where they lie entirely submerged except for their eyes and nostrils. Sea turtles possess glands near their eyes that produce salty tears that rid their body of excess [|salt] taken in from the water they drink. The upper shell of the turtle is called the [|carapace]. The lower shell that encases the belly is called the[|plastron]. The carapace and plastron are joined together on the turtle's sides by bony structures called //bridges//. The inner layer of a turtle's shell is made up of about 60 bones that includes portions of the backbone and the ribs, meaning the turtle cannot crawl out of its shell. In most turtles, the outer layer of the shell is covered by horny scales called [|scutes] that are part of its outer skin, or [|epidermis]. Scutes are made up of a fibrous [|protein] called [|keratin] that also makes up the scales of other reptiles. These scutes overlap the seams between the shell bones and add strength to the shell. The rigid shell means that turtles cannot breathe as other reptiles do, by changing the volume of their chest cavity via expansion and contraction of the ribs. Instead, turtles breathe in two ways. First, they employ [|buccal pumping], pulling air into their mouth then pushing it into the lungs via oscillations of the floor of the throat. The shape of the shell gives helpful clues to how the turtle lives. Most tortoises have a large dome-shaped shell that makes it difficult for predators to crush the shell between their jaws. One of the few exceptions is the African [|pancake tortoise] which has a flat, flexible shell that allows it to hide in rock crevices. Most aquatic turtles have flat, streamlined shells which aid in swimming and diving. American [|snapping turtles] and [|musk turtles] have small, cross-shaped plastrons that give them more efficient leg movement for walking along the bottom of ponds and streams. Tortoises, being land-based, have rather heavy shells. In contrast, aquatic and soft-shelled turtles have lighter shells that help them avoid sinking in water and swim faster with more agility. These lighter shells have large spaces called <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">[|fontanelles] between the shell bones. The shell of a leatherback turtle is extremely light because they lack scutes and contain many fontanelles. As mentioned above, the outer layer of the shell is part of the skin, each scute (or plate) on the shell corresponding to a single modified scale. The remainder of the skin is composed of skin with much smaller scales, similar to the skin of other reptiles. Turtles and terrapins do not molt their skins all in one go, as snakes do, but continuously, in small pieces. When kept in aquaria, small sheets of dead skin can be seen in the water (often appearing to be a thin piece of plastic) having been sloughed off when the animal deliberately rubs itself against a piece of wood or stone. Tortoises also shed skin, but a lot of dead skin is allowed to accumulate into thick knobs and plates that provide protection to parts of the body outside the shell. By counting the rings formed by the stack of smaller, older scutes on top of the larger, newer ones, it is possible to estimate the age of a turtle, if you know how many scutes are produced in a year. This method is not very accurate, partly because growth rate is not constant, but also because some of the scutes eventually fall away from the shell. Terrestrial tortoises have short, sturdy feet. Tortoises are famous for moving slowly, in part because of their heavy, cumbersome shell, which restricts stride length. The amphibious turtles normally have limbs similar to those of tortoises except that the feet are webbed and often have long <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">[|claws]. These turtles swim using all four feet in a way similar to the <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">[|dog paddle], with the feet on the left and right side of the body alternately providing thrust. Large turtles tend to swim less than smaller ones, and the very big species, such as alligator snapping turtles, hardly swim at all, preferring to simply walk along the bottom of the river or lake. As well as webbed feet, turtles also have very long claws, used to help them clamber onto riverbanks and floating logs, upon which they like to <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">[|bask]. Male turtles tend to have particularly long claws, and these appear to be used to stimulate the female while mating. While most turtles have webbed feet, some, such as the <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">[|Pig-nosed Turtle], have true flippers, with the digits being fused into paddles and the claws being relatively small. These species swim in the same way as sea turtles (see below). Sea turtles are almost entirely aquatic and have <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">[|flippers] instead of feet. Sea turtles fly through the water, using the up-and-down motion of the front flippers to generate thrust; the back feet are not used for propulsion but may be used as <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">[|rudders] for steering. Compared with freshwater turtles, sea turtles have very limited mobility on land, and apart from the dash from the nest to the sea as hatchlings, male sea turtles normally never leave the sea. Females must come back onto land to lay eggs. They move very slowly and laboriously, dragging themselves forwards with their flippers. Although many turtles spend large amounts of their lives underwater, all turtles and tortoises breathe air, and must surface at regular intervals to refill their lungs. They can also spend much of their lives on dry land. Aquatic respiration in Australian freshwater turtles is currently being studied. Some species have large <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|c] <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px;">[|loacal] cavities that are lined with many finger-like projections. These projections, called <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__papillae__], have a rich blood supply, and increase the surface area of the cloaca. The turtles can take up dissolved <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__oxygen__] from the water using these papillae, in much the same way that fish use <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__gills__] to respire. Turtles lay <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__eggs__], like other reptiles, which are slightly soft and leathery. The eggs of the largest species are spherical, while the eggs of the rest are elongated. Their albumen is white and contains a different protein than bird eggs, such that it will not coagulate when cooked. Turtle eggs prepared to eat consist mainly of yolk. In some species, <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__temperature determines whether an egg develops into a male or a female__] : a higher temperature causes a female, a lower temperature causes a male. Large numbers of eggs are deposited in holes dug into mud or sand. They are then covered and left to incubate by themselves. When the turtles hatch, they squirm their way to the surface and head toward the water. There are no known species in which the mother cares for the young. Sea turtles lay their eggs on dry, sandy beaches. Immature sea turtles are not cared for by the adults. Turtles can take many years to reach breeding age, and in many cases breed every few years rather than annually. Researchers have recently discovered a turtle’s organs do not gradually break down or become less efficient over time, unlike most other animals. It was found that the liver, lungs, and kidneys of a centenarian turtle are virtually indistinguishable from those of its immature counterpart. This has inspired genetic researchers to begin examining the turtle genome for longevity genes. The first proto-turtles are believed to have existed in the early <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__Triassic__] Period of the <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__Mesozoic__] era, about 220 million years ago, and their shell, which has remained a remarkably stable <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__body plan__], is thought to have evolved from bony extensions of their backbones and broad ribs that expanded and grew together to form a complete shell that offered protection at every stage of its evolution, even when the bony component of the shell was not complete. This is supported by fossils of the freshwater <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__//Odontochelys semitestacea//__], the "half-shelled turtle with teeth", have been found near Guangling in south-west China, which displays a complete bony plastron and an incomplete carapace, similar to an early stage of turtle embryonic development.<span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica;">[|__[6__]] Prior to this discovery, the earliest fossil turtles were terrestrial and had a complete shell, offering no clue to the evolution of this remarkable anatomical feature. By the late <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__Jurassic__], turtles had radiated widely, and their fossil history becomes easier to read. Their exact ancestry is disputed. It was believed that they are the only surviving branch of the ancient <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__clade__] [|__Anapsida__], which includes groups such as <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__procolophonids__] , <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__millerettids__] , <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__protorothyrids__] , and <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__pareiasaurs__]. All anapsid skulls lack a temporal opening, while all other extant <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__amniotes__] have temporal openings (although in <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__mammals__] the hole has become the<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__zygomatic arch__] ). The millerettids, protorothyrids, and pareiasaurs became extinct in the late <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__Permian__] period, and the procolophonoids during the Triassic.<span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica;">[|__[7__]] However, it was recently suggested that the anapsid-like turtle skull may be due to <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__reversion__] rather than to anapsid descent. More recent morphological <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__phylogenetic__] studies with this in mind placed turtles firmly within <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__diapsids__], slightly closer to<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__Squamata__] than to <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__Archosauria__] .<span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica;">[|__[8__]] All <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__molecular__] studies have strongly upheld the placement of turtles within<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__diapsids__] , though some place turtles closer to Archosauria than <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__Squamata__]. Reanalysis of prior phylogenies suggests that they classified turtles as anapsids both because they assumed this classification (most of them studying what sort of anapsid turtles are) and because they did not sample fossil and extant taxa broadly enough for constructing the <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;">[|__cladogram__]. As of 2003, the consensus is that //Testudines// diverged from other diapsids between 200 and 279 million years ago.

Organization research chart**
 * || **Physical characteristics

<span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;">Turtles are broken down into two groups, according to how they evolved a solution to the problem of withdrawing their neck into their shell (something the ancestral//[|Proganochelys]// could not do): the [|Cryptodira], which can draw their neck in while contracting it under their spine; and the [|Pleurodira], which contract their neck to the side.

Most turtles that spend most of their life on land have their eyes looking down at objects in front of them. Some aquatic turtles, such as snapping turtles and soft-shelled turtles, have eyes closer to the top of the head.

The lower shell that encases the belly is called the //[|plastron]//. The carapace and plastron are joined together on the turtle's sides by bony structures called //bridges//. The inner layer of a turtle's shell is made up of about 60 bones that includes portions of the backbone and the ribs, meaning the turtle cannot crawl out of its shell.

The remainder of the skin is composed of skin with much smaller scales, similar to the skin of other reptiles. Turtles and terrapins do not molt their skins all in one go, as snakes do, but continuously, in small pieces. ** || === ===

|| **Life Cycle

** ||  || **Growth Height:<span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;">.3 to 1.5 meters

Weight:<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;">130-250 kg(gst) <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> ** ||   || **Body Functions http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/turtlebod.htm<span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;">Turtles are broken down into two groups, according to how they evolved a solution to the problem of withdrawing their neck into their shell (something the ancestral//[|Proganochelys]// could not do): the [|Cryptodira], which can draw their neck in while contracting it under their spine; and the [|Pleurodira], which contract their neck to the side.Have eyes closer to the top of the head. These species of turtles can hide from predators in shallow water where they lie entirely submerged except for their eyes and nostrils.<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> ** ||   ||||~ **Location / Habitat A**<span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;">dults of most species are found in shallow, coastal waters, bays, lagoons, and estuaries. Some also venture into the open sea. Juveniles of some species may be found in bays and estuaries, as well as at sea. || **Adaption <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 8px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 8px;"> ** ||  ||||   ||   ||
 * || 1.Sea turtles are strong swimmers. The cruising speed for green sea turtles is about 1.5 to 2.3 kph (0.9-1.4 mph). Leatherbacks have been recorded at speeds of 1.5 to 9.3 kph (0.9-5.8 mph). || . ||
 * 2. || Forelimbs are modified into long, paddle-like flippers for swimming. ||
 * 3. || Neck and limbs are nonretractile. The shell adaptations necessary for retractile limbs would impede rapid swim ||
 * 3. || Neck and limbs are nonretractile. The shell adaptations necessary for retractile limbs would impede rapid swim ||
 * 3. || Neck and limbs are nonretractile. The shell adaptations necessary for retractile limbs would impede rapid swim ||

<span style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 8px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 8px;">|| || DIVING || ||
 * 1.Sea turtles are excellent divers. Leatherbacks routinely dive more than 305 m (1,000 ft.). They may reach depths of more than 1,190 m (3,900 ft.) seeking jellyfish for prey. ||  ||   ||
 * 2.Since they are cold-blooded, sea turtles have a slow metabolic rate. This slowed metabolism allows them to stay submerged for long periods of time. ||  ||
 * 2.Since they are cold-blooded, sea turtles have a slow metabolic rate. This slowed metabolism allows them to stay submerged for long periods of time. ||  ||

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 * • || Hawksbill turtles have been known to remain submerged for 35 to 45 minutes. ||  ||
 * • || Green sea turtles can stay under water for as long as five hours. Their heart rate slows to conserve oxygen: nine minutes may elapse between heartbeats. ||
 * • || In the north-central Gulf of California, black sea turtles return each year to specific areas. They bury themselves in sand or mud under water and may remain dorm
 * • || In the north-central Gulf of California, black sea turtles return each year to specific areas. They bury themselves in sand or mud under water and may remain dorm
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 * 3. || During long dives, blood is shunted away from tissues tolerant of low oxygen levels toward the heart, brain, and central nervous system. ||  ||   ||   ||



<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Times; font-size: 16px;"> ||  ||   || ||   ||
 * 4. || Leatherbacks have high concentrations of red blood cells; therefore, their blood retains more oxygen. The muscle of leatherbacks has a high content of the oxygen-binding protein myoglobin. Myoglobin transports and stores oxygen in muscle tissue.
 * || <span style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"> ||
 * 1. || <span style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">For the most part, the only time sea turtles leave the sea is when females haul out to lay eggs. On some uninhabited or sparsely-inhabited beaches, turtles have been observed basking on land.
 * 2. || Many adaptations that make sea turtles successful in the sea make them slow and vulnerable on land. ||  ||



<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"> <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;">Five species of sea turtles are found swimming in Florida's waters and nesting on Florida's beaches. All sea turtles found in Florida are protected under state statutes.
 * || **Problems

Illegal harvesting, habitat encroachment, and pollution are only some of the things sea turtles must fight against to stay alive. Researchers at FWRI are studying these threats and finding ways to help the population survive.

<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">All 7 species of marine turtles are listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA); 6 of those species fall under the jurisdiction of the NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources. Green turtles and olive ridley turtles have breeding populations that were listed separately under the ESA, and therefore, have more than one ESA status. ** ||  || **Behavior <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"> Only the females nest, and it occurs most often at night. The female crawls out of the ocean, pausing frequently as if carefully scoping out her spot. Sometimes she will crawl out of the ocean, but for unknown reasons decide not to nest. This is a "false crawl," and it can happen naturally or be caused by artificial lighting or the presence of people on the beach. Most females nest at least twice during the nesting season, although individuals of some species may nest only once and others more than ten times. Sea turtles are generally slow and awkward on land, and nesting is exhausting work. <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"> When the turtle has finished digging the egg chamber, she begins to lay eggs. Two or three eggs drop out at a time, with mucus being secreted throughout egg-laying. The average size of a clutch ranges from about 80 to 120 eggs, depending on the species. Because the eggs are flexible, they do not break as they fall into the chamber. This flexibility also allows both the female and the nest to hold more eggs. Nesting sea turtles appear to shed tears, but the turtle is just secreting salt that accumulates in her body. Many people believe that while laying her eggs a sea turtles goes into a trance from which she can not be disturbed.

The ability of a sea turtle to migrate hundreds (and occasionally thousands) of miles from its feeding ground to its nesting beach is one of the most remarkable acts in the animal kingdom. That adult females return faithfully to nest on the very beach where they were born makes the feat even more amazing. Research into where and how sea turtles migrate has been a focus of scientists for decades. The information collected is vital to the development of conservation strategies for the species. We now know that sea turtles undergo migration throughout their lives, beginning with the first frenzied swim as a hatchling.

During its first critical 48 hours, a hatchling must travel from the beach to a place in the ocean where it is relatively safe from predators and where it can find food. Many hatchlings in the Atlantic and Caribbean make their way into Gulf stream currents, which are filled with floating sargassum weed. There the young turtles find an ample food supply and few predators. After several years of floating around the Atlantic, these young turtles are big enough to venture back into nearshore waters.

"Although all Florida loggerheads appear to spend a period of years within the North Atlantic gyre, different turtles probably do not follow precisely the same migratory route. In the diagram at left, the red lines indicate some possible migratory paths that different individuals may take. In addition, whereas most turtles appear to circle the gyre only once, some individuals may make more than one circuit, others may spend time in the Sargasso Sea, and a few have been captured in the Mediterranean."

Sea turtles typically spend their juvenile years eating and growing in nearshore habitats. Once they reach adulthood and sexual maturity, it is believed that they migrate to a new feeding ground. It is in this primary feeding area where adult turtles probably remain throughout their lives, except during breeding season. When it is their time to mate and nest, both males and females leave their feeding grounds and migrate to the nesting beach. This periodic migration will continue throughout their lives. ** ||  || **Diet Leafy sunstances, any thing vegetation wise** ||  || **Predators / Prey

**PLANT MATTER • both blue-green and green algae • leaves • duckweed • emergent herbaceous plants • stems • roots • fruits • seeds of vascular plants

Animal matter • tadpoles • frogs • small fish • insects (adult and larvae) • crayfish • shrimp • amphipods • mollusks (mostly snails) ||  || **Family groups

Amphibious** ||  || **Relatives <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px;">lizards, snakes, crocodiles, dinosaurs, birds, and relatives ** ||  ||   ||


 * Sloppy Copy drafts of writing**

**Dear Mr. Croc,**


 * Please don’t eat my eggs. I want my eggs so I have babies to ride on my back. If you don’t take the offer, I will call of the species of turtles in this specific pond. So don’t say I didn’t warn you! I like scrambled eggs but I don’t want to eat my own. Remember when you ate the last dozen eggs? That was probably an enjoyable breakfast for you. If you don’t like the way we lay eggs well get a 2 ton hippo to squash you.**


 * Warning for the last time,**
 * Mrs. Turtle**

Interview with the

**Q+A**


 * Q:Are you fast or slow?**


 * A:No, I’m either speed.**


 * Q:Are you a fatty or are you really skinny and look like a stick with a shell on?**


 * A: Thanks a lot! You made me look like a stick bug! But no, I’m sorta skinny.**


 * Q:Are you smart and to have a tail?**


 * A:I have a tail but I have an IQ of 100.**


 * Q:Do you have any relatives that look like you?**


 * A:No other than another species of turtles.**


 * Q:Are you a hitch hiker turtle who asks people for food?**


 * A:HAHAHAHAHAHAH! No...**


 * Q:Do you like to eat Leaf Tacos?**


 * A:Sure, lets go with yes.**


 * Q:Do you like crocodiles or other reptiles?**


 * A:No I don’t, I just like myself and no other hippy!**


 * Q:Do you have a good camouflage system and do others see you?**


 * A:Nope. Not a clue I’m there**


 * Q:When your in water can you see above you or anything underwater?**
 * A: It depends on the clearness of the water if I’m looking forward but looking up is ok.**

Menu

Leaf Taco~$3.00 This meal comes with crunchy, fresh, leaves. Topped with grass meat balls and has a shell made out of soft daisy petals with morning dew sprinkled on.

Sea Water Sundae~$4.00 This dessert looks like the underwater world it’s self with sea animals made with frosting. It also has a delicious bluegoo filling.(goo comes in any flavor)

Turtle Cookie~$1.00 This dessert comes with a special iced cookie with wet grass as the filling. One you take a bite you could taste the wet, quenching grass in the middle.

Chocolate Turtle Egg~$3.55 This isn’t actually turtle eggs, it’s a delicious, creamy easter egg. With looks of an actual turtle egg, you wouldn’t know the difference!

Leaf Flambe~$2.89 This meal includes crispy leaves topped with june bugs, water bugs, and crunchy centipedes.

This cool, refreshing malt has the Irish zang to it. What’s inside is the ground up and found fresh shamrocks. So you don’t get chocked, they’re 4 leafed clovers for good luck!
 * Shamrock Shake~$1.00**

This warm drink has cactus juice from the Sahara desert. It comes in a coconut or in a cactus with a cactus flower on the edge. The drink comes in 3 flavors, strawberry kiwi, mandarin orange, and blackberry.
 * Cactus Juice~$5.88**

This juicy drink has the pop Squirt in it to add fizzy flavor to it. This also has the candy Pop Rocks in it so you can feel a tasty explosion in your mouth. They come in ANY custom flavors of your choice.
 * Juicy Squirts~$2.00**

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Revised Writing

T hey live for 150 years and more U ndeniably in the Reptile family R eproduces eggs on beaches or sandy areas <span style="font: normal normal normal 36px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre;"> T he limbs can be pulled in the shell <span style="font: normal normal normal 36px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre;"> L ikes leafy food or vegetations <span style="font: normal normal normal 36px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre;"> E xoskins don’t apply

Menu

Leaf Taco~$3.00 This meal comes with crunchy, fresh, leaves. Topped with grass meat balls and has a shell made out of soft daisy petals with morning dew sprinkled on. Sea Water Sundae~$4.00 This dessert looks like the underwater world it’s self with sea animals made with frosting. It also has a delicious bluegoo filling.(goo comes in any flavor)

Turtle Cookie~$1.00 This dessert comes with a special iced cookie with wet grass as the filling. One you take a bite you could taste the wet, quenching grass in the middle.

Chocolate Turtle Egg~$3.55 This isn’t actually turtle eggs, it’s a delicious, creamy easter egg. With looks of an actual turtle egg, you wouldn’t know the difference!

Leaf Flambe~$2.89 This meal includes crispy leaves topped with june bugs, water bugs, and crunchy centipedes.

This cool, refreshing malt has the Irish zang to it. What’s inside is the ground up and found fresh shamrocks. So you don’t get chocked, they’re 4 leafed clovers for good luck!
 * Shamrock Shake~$1.00**

This warm drink has cactus juice from the Sahara desert. It comes in a coconut or in a cactus with a cactus flower on the edge. The drink comes in 3 flavors, strawberry kiwi, mandarin orange, and blackberry.
 * Cactus Juice~$5.88**

This juicy drink has the pop Squirt in it to add fizzy flavor to it. This also has the candy Pop Rocks in it so you can feel a tasty explosion in your mouth. They come in ANY custom flavors of your choice.
 * Juicy Squirts~$2.00**

**Q+A**
 * Welcome to, What Creature Will Eat Me! With your host dude Spartin22!**


 * What do you do when you you get bored?**


 * I like to swim in dirty water and try to find dead things to eat.**


 * When you go swimming, do you look for your offsprings?**
 * If I did, then I would NOT let them go into that pond.**


 * Why not in that specific pond?**


 * Because alligators live in that pond.**


 * Yeah, that makes perfect sense.**


 * When you came face to face with one of your predators, did you protect your babies?**


 * I have come face to face with and eagle, croc., and other predators. But I have to keep my babies safe no matter what**


 * The first time that you had babies and a woodland animal ate them, how did you react?**


 * I was panicking and I had no other eggs because it takes almost a year for me to mate again.**


 * When you found the dead vegetations at the bottom of the pond did you eat it or leave it?**


 * Took it. That what keeps me hydrated.**


 * When the eggs hatchet were you happy or upset that they will start balling their eyes out?**


 * Egg hatching is a miracle and I was the happiest mother in the world until an eagle ate 2 of them.**
 * They were my first twins too.**


 * Dear Mr. Croc,**


 * Please don’t eat my eggs. I want my eggs so I have babies to ride on my back. If you don’t take the offer, I will call of the species of turtles in this specific pond. So don’t say I didn’t warn you! I like scrambled eggs but I don’t want to eat my own. Remember when you ate the last dozen eggs? That was probably an enjoyable breakfast for you. If you don’t like the way we lay eggs well get a 2 ton hippo to squash you.**


 * Warning for the last time,**
 * Mrs. Turtle**