How deep can a turtle dive and how fast does a turtle crawl?
The leatherback turtle can dive to great depths. Leatherback turtles equipped with depth recorders dove to over 1,000 meters deep!
Do turtles have ears?
Turtles don’t have any "outer ear" — the part that sticks out from your head, but they have all the “inner ear” mechanisms that other animals do.
Do turtles lay eggs in any other places apart from on land?
Most turtles, including the marine and freshwater species lay eggs on land as they need the warmth to incubate the eggs.
Are there damages to the turtles if barnacles are not removed?
Barnacles affect turtles by disabling the flippers, covering the eyes and nostrils and causing the turtles to be unable to swim, see, smell, or survive.
Sexual differentiation and sex manipulation in turtles
In mature turtles, differentiation lies in the size of the tail – a long and thick tail in males that in marine turtles, extend beyond the length of the hind flippers.
