14 WTF True Facts About Turtles

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May 20, 2018 1:00 PM EDT

Wow. We knew that turtles were cute, but we didn't realize how cool they are as a species. Do you know how long they can live for? And where they breathe from? And what their tears are useful for? If you don't know the answers to these questions, get reading my little ones. These interesting turtle facts await you. 

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    Organism - WTF fun fact #5211 Photographer Chris Van Wyk was taking photos in a Queensland river and found a turtle sporting a green mohawk. It turned out to be an endangered Mary River turtle, which happened to have a lot of algae growing on its head. wtffunfact.com
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    Tortoise - WTF fun fact #0T6 "One and only' was the name of a tortoise who lived through 3 centuries, born in 1750 and died in 2006, when it reached 256 years of age. wtf-fun-facts.tumblr
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    Sea turtle - WTF fun fact #5014 In the United States, sitting on a sea turtle is a third degree felony. wtffunfact.com
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    Organism - WTF fun fact #5984 In the Amazon, butterflies will drink the tears of turtles to provide necessary sodium in their diet. wtffunfact.com
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    Kinosternidae - WTF fun fact # 1 The smallest turtle ever hatched at Pacific Northwest Turtleworks weighing in at 1.22 grams. wtffunfact.com
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    Reptile - WTF fun fact #5152 Some species of turtles breathe through their butts. wtffunfact.com
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    Vertebrate - WTF fun fact #5255 Owen, a baby hippo, was swept away from his mother during a tsunami. He then mistooka 130-year-old tortoise for another hippo and the two have become best friends. wtffunfact.com
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    Turtle - WTF fun fact #1510 In 1982, the Almeida family lost their pet tortoise, Manuela, while their house was being renovated. 30 years later, they were cleaning out the attic after their father died and finally found Manuela... alive. They think she was able to survive by eating termites that lived in the piles of furniture their dad had been hoarding. wtffunfact.com
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    Turtle - WTF fun fact # 2392 Skeleton of a turtle wtffunfact.com
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    Tortoise - WTF fun fact #2825 Jonathan the turtle in year 1900 and today. wtffunfact.com
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    Tortoise - WTF fun fact #5843 The Giant Tortoise did not receive a scientific name for over 300 years due to the failure of delivery of specimens to Europe for classification due to their great taste - all were eaten on the voyage back by sailors, even by Charles Darwin. wtffunfact.com
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    Pond turtle - WTF fun fact #874 If you remove a box turtle from the wild and don't put them back in the location you found them they will most likely die looking for their home.
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    Tortoise - WTF fun fact #2012 140 year old mom, with 5 day old son. wtffunfact.com
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    Text - WTF fun fact #b8 There's a version of "The Tortoise and the Hare" where everyone dies in a forest fire because the tortoise, having won the race and therefore seen as the fastest, is given the job of warning everyone. wtffunfact.com
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