The turtle is a reptile, which can live in the water or on land. Moreover, the water nature of the turtle is better, even if it lives in deeper water will not be harmful. However, although they are good at water, they can not stay in the water all the time, they need to breathe out of the water. If they stay in the water for a long time, they may drown. But don't worry, soft-shelled turtle will generally grasp the time to breathe out of the water.
Turtles have specialized respiratory organs, and they use lungs to breathe. In addition, near their throats, there are some tissues like gills, which are the organs that help turtles breathe.
As mentioned above, although the turtle can live in the water, it cannot stay in the water all the time because it needs to breathe out of the water regularly. Generally speaking, turtles can dive in the water for half an hour to an hour after each breath. Specifically speaking, it is not very certain.
For example, how often soft-shelled turtles come out of the water to breathe in the wild is affected by air pressure. In the case of muggy weather and low air pressure, the oxygen content in the water will be insufficient, at this time, the shallow water contains more oxygen, and the oxygen content above the water surface will be more, so the frequency of turtle out of the water will be higher. On the contrary, when the air pressure is relatively high, the frequency of breathing out of the water will be slightly lower.
