Matthew haycock red eared sliders
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Scientific classification
kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Subclass: Anapsida Order: Testudines Family: Emydidae Genus: Trachemys Species: T.scripta Subspecies: T.s elegans
Life cycle of red eared slider Mating March-July Lays 2-30 eggs Eggs hatch between 60-90 days after laid Lives 20+ years after
Diet
Red eared sliders are omnivores Fish Crayfish Carrion Tadpoles Zebra muscles Snails Crickets Mealworms Wax worms Plant material
How red eared sliders contribute to the environment
Red eared sliders contribute to the environment because they eat invasive species like Zebra mussels and they produce food for native species.
How humans impact red eared sliders
Red eared sliders are impacted by humans because humans take these turtles when they are small and when they get too big people let them go in the wild but the turtles don’t know how to survive.
What we can do to protect red eared sliders We can start protecting red eared sliders
by stop the capturing of the turtles and letting the turtles reproduce to get there numbers up.