The above picture is a cartoon turtle painted by me, I used mart paint of the colour brown, lemon and green to paint that it was really fun doing it. I think you should try painting because it's really fun. Now let's get to business let me tell you of the origin of turtle, the first time they were seen on Earth. The earliest known turtle, lived 260 million years ago. That's the first time they showed up on Earth. Now let's know what a turtle is...
A turtle is a land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body which it use as hideout whenever danger appears also as a shelter when it needs some sleep.
Turtle is a very sensitive and wise animal though its slow. Night time stories from our Grandparents has shown that a turtle is wisdom wise and I guess we should all learn from the good attributes of a turtle.
They are known to have been noticed around 260billions years ago during Triassic period. they can't be seen in only one continent which is Antarctic because of the coldness of the place and they are found in all other continents including Asia, Africa, North and South America and Australia...Turtles are ectothermic animal or "cold-blooded animals", meaning that their internal temperature varies with their direct environment, that is their body regulations depends on the temperature of the environment such as sunlight's heat.
Turtle shells are made mostly of bone; the upper part is the domed carapace, while the underside is the flatter plastron or belly-plate. Its outer surface is covered in scales made of keratin, the material of hair, horns, and claws. The carapace bones develop from ribs that grow sideways and develop into the covered shell of the turtle.
Turtles make use of vision to find food and mates, avoid predators, and orient themselves. The retina's light-sensitive cells include both rods for vision in low light, and cones with three different photopigments for bright light, where they have full-color vision. A sea turtle is carnivorous while a land one is a herbivore but most times turtles in general are omnivores.
Turtles are one of the animal who can live for decades of years. The oldest one in our country Nigeria is said to have lived 344 years in Oyo state. The turtle is related to the royal family of Oyo state the Alafin of Oyo.
A turtle is one of the various animal that has shown that earth has lived for a long period...
