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    14 June 2012| last updated at 11:01PM

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    - Turtles have existed for more than 200 million years. - Roughly, there are around 300 species of turtles in the world.

    -     The turtle’s shell is built into its skeleton. Therefore, turtles cannot come out of their shells.

    -     Turtles cannot stick out their tongues.

    -     Turtles will drown if kept underwater for too long.

    -     The gender of a turtle can be identified through the noise it makes. If it grunts, it is male. If it hisses, it is female.

    -     There are some female turtles that produce eggs after four years of mating.

    -     An egg tooth (small, sharp bony projection) can be found on a hatching turtle’s beak. It helps the turtle to break open the eggshell.

    -    It takes two to three hours for a turtle to emerge onto the beach, build a nest, lay its eggs and camouflage the nest.

    By Darald Divesh
    Gunasekaran, 17, Selangor

     

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