10 fun turtle facts for kids

Turtles can get fat.

1. Have been around for 150 million years.

2. Breathe air but sleep underwater and can hold their breath a very long time.

3. Hide their heads inside their shells when they are scared.

4. Lay eggs in the sand.

5. Turtles have 5 toes on each foot. Some kinds may only have 4 toes.

6. Turtles can see an extra color that humans can’t.

7. Sparkies is what we call baby turtles.

8. Their shells is made from the same thing as our fingernails.

9. Some turtles can live to be 100 years old.

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