🐢 Just a pig-nosed turtle enjoying his floating fruit. Upon a brief look at the pig-nosed turtle, you can see where it gets its name! Its nostrils sit in the front of its fleshy snout, giving it the appearance similar to a pig! The pig-nosed turtle is sometimes known as the fly river turtle, named after one body of water in New Guinea where it is commonly found. It has undersized claws on its front legs that are shaped like paddles. Although the turtle’s upper shell is covered by a layer of lea

Turtle facts 🐢: Some aquatic turtle species bury themselves at the bottom of lakes and ponds for the entire winter. But how do they breathe underwater?! Turtles have lungs like us, not gills, so they usually need to breathe air from the surface. However, unlike humans, turtles are ectotherms which means their body temperature is determined by the environmental temperature. When their body temperature lowers, so does their metabolism, heart rate, and respiration. This extended state is called br