| Show I Turtle Can Live a Long LongTime LongTime I Without Food Time Any I IThe I The snapping turtles turtle's body is in In- In InI I I II II closed as in a box between two I I bony shields The skull of the turtle tur tur- turtle I tle is more compact than that of other reptiles There are no teeth I I the jaws being encased in horny sheaths usually with sharp cutting I edges The eyes are furnished with I two lids and a nictitating mem mem- membrane membrane membrane brane or fold of skin similar to that with which birds cover their eyes Turtles breathe by swallowing air The common snapping turtle in inhabits in- in inhabits habits the rivers of North America east of the Rocky mountains from Canada to Mexico It It attains a length of 25 inches or more and is dusky brown with dark spots on the head The head and tail are arelong arelong long lone and not capable of being drawn into the shell The common soft shelled turtle olive-brown olive with dark spots the head and neck olive green with lighter stripes lives in some sec sec- sections sections sections says a writer in the Indianapolis olis News in shallow muddy water and is ferocious throwing itself on its prey There is also a species of leather turtle Its general color is olive spotted in the young It has no spines or tubercles and grows to about 12 inches in length Turtles excel most animals in their tenacity of They can tor a along along along long time without food they are difficult to kill kilt and even after the brain has been destroyed life lingers lin lin- lingers lingers gers sometimes for a long while in inthe inthe inthe the body It is said that a head head- headless headless headless less turtle has been observed to walk yards 24 hours after de de- decapitation decapitation decapitation capitation the heart removed from the body will if carefully suspend suspend- suspended ed in a moist chamber beat two or three days All turtles are ovi ovi- parous The eggs have a firm shell and usually are laid in the sand sandor or mud to be hatched by the warmth of the sun I |
