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Turtle

Turtles (order Testudines) are reptiles characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked turtles), which differ in the way the head retracts. There are 360 living and recently extinct species of turtles, including…

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Turtle

Nodes365
Edges364
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related to Distribution and habitat · 23
Turtle → Amazon, Atlantic, Canadian, Conversely, For, Gopherus, Gulf, Living Pleurodira, Mexico, New Mexico, North American, Pacific, Sea, Some, South, Southeast Asia, Southern Hemisphere, Species, Terrapene, The
related to As food and other uses · 22
Turtle → Asian, Australia, Aztecs, Bluefields, Canada, Catching, Chinese, CITES, English, Florida, Gopher, Hard-shell, Hawksbills, Mayas, Mixtecs, Native American, Nicaragua, Some, Southeast Asia, Taiwan
related to history · 19
Turtle → Adaptations, Also, Anthodon, Bradysaurus, Eorhynchochelys, In, Jan Versluys, Late Triassic, Late Triassic Proganochelys, Middle Permian Eunotosaurus, Middle Triassic, More, Odontochelys, Olivier Rieppel, Pappochelys, Polka Dot Ancestor, The, Today, Zoologists
related to Cited sources · 18
Turtle → Carl, Crestline, Extraordinary Natural History, Firefly Books, Franklin, ISBN, Louise, Making, Million Years, Natural History, OCLC, Orenstein, Pryke, Reaktion Books, Ronald, Terrapins, Tortoises, Turtles
related to In culture · 18
Turtle → Alice's Adventures, Beijing, BroadwayTerrapin, Cherokee, Garhwa, IndiaWorld, Kangxi Emperor's, Lewis Carroll's, Manhattan Theatre, Mock Turtle, The Hindu Earth, The Turtle, They, Turtles, Vishnu, Western, WonderlandPoster, World Turtle
related to Naming and etymology · 18
Turtle → Ancient Greek, August Batsch, Chelonia, Chelonii, French, German, In Australia, In Britain, In North America, It, Latin, Latreille, Macartney, Ross, STEW-din-eez, Testudines, Testudinidae, The
related to External relationships · 17
Turtle → All, Anapsida, Archosauria, By, Fossil, It, Lepidosauria, Nicholas Crawford, Pantestudines, Permian, Recently, Some, The, Through, Tyler Lyson, UCEs, Ylenia Chiari
related to Migration · 17
Turtle → Another, Chelydra, DNA, Earth's, For, Geochelone, How, Malaclemys, One, Proof, Sea, Some, Such, The, There, This, Turtles
related to Conservation · 16
Turtle → AD, All, Among, As, Asia's, Asian, At, China, Chinese, CITES, Cretaceous-Tertiary, George Amato, In, Of, Southeast Asia, Turtles
related to Eggs and hatchlings · 14
Turtle → Compared, Depending, Eggs, Females, In, Larger, Mauremys, Most, Other, Species, The, There, Turtles, While

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turtles species sea shell water may tortoise eggs plastron carapace tortoises freshwater living large reptiles many around shells pleurodira cryptodira

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the green sea turtle rotate the front limb flippers like a bird's wings to generate a propulsive force on both the upstrokeinstance ofSea turtles0.80text
on the downstrokeinstance ofSea turtles0.80text
triethylamineinstance ofExperiments on green sea turtles showed they could learn to respond to a selection of different odorant chemicals0.80text
cinnamaldehydeinstance ofExperiments on green sea turtles showed they could learn to respond to a selection of different odorant chemicals0.80text
which were detected by olfaction in the noseinstance ofExperiments on green sea turtles showed they could learn to respond to a selection of different odorant chemicals0.80text
the hawksbillinstance ofSome species have developed specialized diets0.80text
which eats spongesinstance ofSome species have developed specialized diets0.80text
the leatherbackinstance ofSome species have developed specialized diets0.80text
which feeds on jellyfishinstance ofSome species have developed specialized diets0.80text
and the Mekong snail-eating turtle.Communicationinstance ofSome species have developed specialized diets0.80text
intelligenceWhile popularly thought of as muteinstance ofSome species have developed specialized diets0.80text
turtles make various sounds to communicateinstance ofSome species have developed specialized diets0.80text

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