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Turtle Facts!

A common behaviour in male turtles during mating seasons is called "claw fluttering", and is also known as scraping or flailing.

It involves the male turtle extending and rapidly vibrating his front claws against the female or shell or nearby objects [in the water].

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Random animal fact: did you know that box turtles fart?

It has been completely proven by people (me) not only hearing them, but also seeing large amounts of bubbles come up from under their tails while they are in the water.

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TURTLE FACT: An iron compound, magnetite, allows loggerhead turtles to perceive the Earth's magnetic field for navigation.

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TURTLE FACT: June & July is Turtle Nesting Season!

Lights along the beach should be managed to prevent disorienting a female that comes ashore at night, according to biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). To do this, lights that are needed for human safety should be shielded so they are not visible from the beach or turned off when not needed.  The instincts of the ancient sea creature tell her to proceed toward the brighter horizon over the ocean. Bright lights on the landward side of the beach can confuse the nesting sea turtle and the hatchlings that emerge from the nest. Lights on the beach can lead them away from the ocean.

Photo from:  MoodyGroove

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TURTLE FACT! Loggerhead turtles can live 47 to 67 years!

Photo from:  Wikimedia Commons

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TURTLE FACT: The loggerhead has a greater list of known prey than any other sea turtle.

The loggerhead sea turtle is omnivorous, feeding mainly on bottom dwelling invertebrates, such as gastropods, bivalves, and decapods. Other food items include sponges, corals, sea pens, polychaete worms, sea anemones, cephalopods, barnacles, brachiopods, isopods, insects, bryozoans, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, starfish, fish (eggs, juveniles, and adults), wrasses, hatchling turtles (including members of its own species), algae, and vascular plants. During migration through the open sea, loggerheads eat jellyfish, floating molluscs, floating egg clusters, squid, and flying fish.[7]

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TURTLE FACT!

When turtles are born, they are buried alive, approximately 1/2 a meter ( 1.6 feet) down in the sand!  Their first minutes of life are a struggle to dig out of the sand and race to the ocean!