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Turtles

By : Mikayla and Emily

NATIVE TURTLES

Eastern box turtleSnapping turtleEastern painted turtlePainted turtleSpotted turtleBlanding’s turtleWood turtle

EASTERN BOX TURTLE

The eastern box turtle can grow to be about 4.5-6” . It is brown with orange or yellow spots . They are omnivores and will eat just about anything plant or animal that they can fit in their tiny mouth .Like insect but mostly slugs and worms and lots of fruit such as berries they even eat mushrooms that are poisonous to people

The snapping turtle

The snapping turtle can weigh up to 35 pounds

but usually weighs much less .They grow to

maybe 10-12 inches long , and they have

very small plastrons ,big heads

and a very long tail !the snapping turtle eats

plants ,smaller birds ,a variety of fish ,and dead

animals.

Eastern painted turtles

The eastern painted turtle is an omnivore they eat

crayfish ,worms , bugs ,tadpoles and many

other things. There life span is15 to25 years. They can be found in

rivers , lakes and ponds. Eastern painted turtles lay

72 to 80 eggs. The full grown turtle is 5-10

inches. Males are smaller than females.

Painted turtle

The painted turtle lives in shallow grassy waters in

the U.S and southern Canada. It has beautiful

markings and colors on its plastron . It usually eats plants , but will eat small dead animals. When this turtle is full grown it can

reach 5-6 inches .

Spotted turtle

The spotted turtle is found in ponds, marshes

and ditches in central N.A . When this turtle

isn’t basking in the sun it putters around lazily

in plants or walks around on shore .It eats mainly bugs and other

small animals .When the spotted turtle grows up it can be 3-5 inches in

length .

Blandings turtle

The Blandings turtle lives in grassy marshes with shallow

water .They eat crayfish ,snails ,

bugs ,frogs ,fish ,different grasses ,and berries . The

Blandings grows to be about 8-10 inches . This turtle is

semi-aquatic meaning it lives on land and water .

How turtle influence their ecosystem

A turtles influences their ecosystem by eating dead animals this is good because the dead organisms will not pollute the environment. Turtles lay

eggs this provides other animals with food by laying eggs.

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