Changes: Turtles

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Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), the original species of the ninja turtles before their mutation.

A turtle is any reptile from the superorder Chelonia. Their most notorious feature is having a body encased in a bony shell. Although numerous animals, from invertebrates to mammals, have evolved shells, none has an architecture like that of turtles. The turtle shell has a top (carapace) and a bottom (plastron).

The carapace and plastron are bony structures that usually join one another along each side of the body, creating a rigid skeletal box. This box, composed of bone and cartilage, is retained throughout the turtle's life. Because the shell is an integral part of the body, the turtle cannot exit it, nor is the shell shed like the skin of some other reptiles.

Though in some cultures regarded as different kinds of animals altogether, all tortoises and terrapins are species of turtles.

World Turtle Day

The purpose of World Turtle Day, May 23, sponsored yearly since 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue, is to bring attention to, and increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, and encourage human action to help them survive and thrive.

Turtle Day is celebrated worldwide in a variety of ways, from dressing up as turtles or wearing green summer dresses, to saving turtles caught on highways, to research activities. Turtle Day lesson plans and craft projects encourage teaching about turtles in classrooms.

Trivia

In the second volume of the Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic the four Turtles are revealed to be specimens of red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans).
- This species is also the one used in the 1990 and 2014 live-action films.
In the 2012 TV series episode Never Say Xever, Donatello says he suspects he and his brothers may be either diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) or common box turtles (Terrapene carolina).

Gallery

External links

Turtle at Wikipedia

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-[[File:800px-Trachemys_scripta_elegans_(Wied)_by_Rudolf_Bodmer.jpg|thumb|An specimen of red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), the original species of the [[TMNT]] before their mutation.]]
+[[File:Red_eared_slider_turtle_species.png|250px|right|Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), the original species of the ninja turtles before their mutation.]]
-The '''turtle''' is any reptile from the superorder Chelonia. Their most notorious feature is having a body encased in a bony shell. Although numerous animals, from invertebrates to mammals, have evolved shells, none has an architecture like that of turtles. The turtle shell has a top (carapace) and a bottom (plastron). The carapace and plastron are bony structures that usually join one another along each side of the body, creating a rigid skeletal box. This box, composed of bone and cartilage, is retained throughout the turtle's life. Because the shell is an integral part of the body, the turtle cannot exit it, nor is the shell shed like the skin of some other reptiles.
+A '''{{linkWikipedia|turtle}}''' is any reptile from the superorder {{linkWikipedia|Chelonia}}. Their most notorious feature is having a body encased in a bony shell. Although numerous animals, from invertebrates to mammals, have evolved shells, none has an architecture like that of turtles. The turtle shell has a top ([[carapace]]) and a bottom ([[plastron]]).
+The carapace and plastron are bony structures that usually join one another along each side of the body, creating a rigid skeletal box. This box, composed of bone and cartilage, is retained throughout the turtle's life. Because the shell is an integral part of the body, the turtle cannot exit it, nor is the shell shed like the skin of some other reptiles.
-In the second volume of the Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic the four [[Turtles]] are revealed to be specimens of red-eared sliders (''Trachemys scripta elegans'').
+Though in some cultures regarded as different kinds of animals altogether, all {{linkWikipedia|tortoise}}s and [[terrapin]]s are species of turtles.
+== World Turtle Day ==
+The purpose of World Turtle Day, May 23, sponsored yearly since 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue, is to bring attention to, and increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, and encourage human action to help them survive and thrive.
+Turtle Day is celebrated worldwide in a variety of ways, from dressing up as turtles or wearing green summer dresses, to saving turtles caught on highways, to research activities. Turtle Day lesson plans and craft projects encourage teaching about turtles in classrooms.
-==Also See==
+== Trivia ==
+* In the second volume of the [[Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] comic the four [[Turtles]] are revealed to be specimens of {{linkWikipedia|red-eared slider}}s (''Trachemys scripta elegans'').
+** This species is also the one used in the 1990 and 2014 live-action films.
+* In the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)|2012 TV series]] episode [[Never Say Xever]], {{2012link|Donatello}} says he suspects he and his brothers may be either {{linkWikipedia|diamondback terrapin}}s (''Malaclemys terrapin'') or {{linkWikipedia|common box turtle}}s (''Terrapene carolina'').
+==Gallery==
+<gallery spacing="small">
+Red eared slider turtle species.png
+Ooze.jpg
+NEWTVSPOT.png
+</gallery>
+==See Also==
 * [[Mutant Turtle]]
+* [[List of Turtles]]
+* [[Ninja Turtles]]
 ==External links==
 * [[Wikipedia:Turtle|Turtle]] at [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
 [[Category:Species]]
+[[Category:Animals]]