Main features of the turtles is their longevity
Author: Rose F. Callaway
The most important part of the skeleton of turtles is the shell. The skeleton makes breathing impossible by movement of the rib cage by muscles that function as modified abdominal diaphragm of mammals and pumping movements of the pharynx.
The metabolism of the turtle is very slow, even aquatic species, can remain without breathing for long.
In temperate climates hibernate all species regularly.
The turtle reproduction is oviparous and the incubation was performed in nests dug themselves on land, where the necessary heat is provided by solar radiation.
One of the main features of the turtles is their longevity: A turtle that lived the longest known is Charles Darwin called Harriet, who was born in 1830 and died on June 25, 2006, that is lived 175 years.
There are turtles, terrestrial habitat, marine and freshwater, as well as a large number of species with semi-aquatic habitats: some of the time spend on land and part in fresh water. The terrestrial habitat have normal fingers free, while the aquatic habitats have fins transformed into limbs or fingers webbed for better mobility.
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