Turtles

1. Babies

1.1. Never stop growing

1.2. Dietry problems

1.3. Snappers are getting even more aggressive

2. Becoming endangered

2.1. Reproduction rate is slow

2.2. Hibernation is killing

2.3. Habitats destroyed

3. Turtle acts

3.1. CITES

3.2. ESA

3.3. Acts passed in 1973

4. Turtle bodies

4.1. Has special resporatory system

4.2. Permanent shell form special plates

4.3. 3 chambered heart, 2 atria, ventrical

5. Laws

5.1. Has to have a carapace of 4 in.

5.2. Has to be free from samonella

5.3. posession of endangered turtles are illegal

6. Needs

6.1. Ecothermic

6.2. Vitimin D

6.3. Go without food for 3 weeks

7. Turtles Today

7.1. 220 species living

7.2. Millions of turtles getting importing

7.3. 1 fossil of still living turtles

8. History

8.1. Oldest egg is over 275 million years old

8.2. First turtle known as Hylonomus

8.3. Turtles came from Labrynthodonts