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What are money turtles like? What are their habits?

Marie Schrader
2021-05-27 02:46:42
From the appearance, the head of the money turtle is slender, the back of the head is sallow, the top of the head is smooth and scaleless, the snout is blunt, the upper edge is slightly curved, and the throat and neck are orange. The plastron of the money turtle is black, with yellow edges. Between the plastron of the back and abdomen, the chest and abdomen are closely connected by ligaments, and the shell is completely closed. Females have a slightly wider back and a shorter tail. The male turtle has a narrow back and a thick, long tail.
What are money turtles like? What are their habits?

From the appearance, the head of the money turtle is slender, the back of the head is sallow, and the top is smooth without scales. The snout is blunt, the upper edge is slightly curved, and the throat and neck are orange. The plastron of the money turtle is black, the edge is yellow, the middle of the plastron, the chest shield and the abdomen are connected by ligaments, and the shell of the money turtle is completely closed. Females have a wider back and a shorter tail. The male, on the other hand, has a narrow back and a thick, long tail.

2. What are the habits

of money turtles? 1. Money turtles prefer to live in water. When they are in danger or frightened, they will dive to the bottom of the water, so that they can protect themselves well. They like to come out to feed when the sun goes down or when it's dark. Money turtle is a kind of drought-tolerant turtle, which can live normally without water for a short time.

2. Their food is mainly snails, fish, shrimp and other animals, but also young mice, small fish, earthworms and other food.

3. The money turtle is a poikilothermic animal, and it is most suitable to live at 24-32 ℃. When the water temperature is 28 ℃, it will float once every 20 minutes, and when the water temperature is 25 ℃, it will float once every 26 minutes.

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