Fun Facts

Did you know?

• You can determine the age of a turtle by counting the growth lines on the plastron or carapace scutes!³
• Turtles routinely lose the outer layers of their scutes through peeling so that the shell maintains a uniformly smooth texture!³
• Turtles engage in a behaviour known as "basking" in which they climb onto a surface in direct sunlight (commonly seen on logs sticking out of shallow bodies of water) to generate internal body heat!⁷