Ratite turtles
Ratite turtles have a long history. They are the oldest existing creeping animals in the world, and One of their characteristics is that their heads cannot be retracted into their shells, and the turtles belong to China's Category Two protected species. So what are the living habits of ratite turtles? Let’s take a brief look at them.
1. Living habits In nature, ratite turtles live in mountain streams and swamps. Under the premise of artificial breeding, it likes to live under leaf piles and grass and in deep water areas. On 5 to 7 days of the year, the temperature reaches 25/℃. At noon, they often lie on the shore or in the diving area, with their eyes slightly closed, and sunbathe. From August to September, the balance energy is 30/. People often lie on the shore in the morning and evening, and hide under banana trees or in the sand at noon. After October, as the temperature drops to 14/h, the turtle enters hibernation, and it remains dormant from December to February of the following year. During the hibernation period, turtles generally live in deep water areas
2. Food habits The ratite food habits are animal, and they prefer to eat live animals, such as young goldfish, mealworms, earthworms, snails, worms, sawtooth creek crabs, etc. Dead fish, dead shrimps, waterfowl offal, etc. are also eaten. No plant food. Ratite turtles are not selective in their feeding time and eat both day and night. Ratite turtles like to feed in the water. They use their front paws and powerful left and right hard jaws to tear the food apart, and swallow the food with the help of their front paws
3. Behavior Ratite turtles are violent in nature. One of the fiercest of freshwater turtles. Due to the special body structure of the ratite turtle, the head, tail, hands and feet cannot be retracted into the shell, and the tail is long, so its self-defense method is different from the "turtle retraction" of other freshwater turtles. If once caught, it will open its mouth and be ready to bite, and the tail stem will be slapped. The ratite's claws are long and sharp, and it has a distinctive long tail (the tail has the function of supporting the earth). It can climb walls, books and branches that are longer than itself. And the wall is slightly rough and can be climbed. When the ratite turtle is on the water, its tail ends up raised, and its hands and feet paddle; when turning left or right, the tail is in the same direction as the body.
4. Growth 1. Identification of males and females: The male plastron is longer, the center is slightly concave, and the tail is thicker. The cloaca hole is farther from the rear edge of the plastron, and the distance from the base of the tail is 2.6cm. The center of the female's plastron is flat and the body is wider. The cloaca hole is closer to the posterior edge of the plastron and is 1.5cm away from the base of the tail. 2. Growth The egg-laying season of ratite turtles is from June to September, and the eggs are laid in batches, usually 1 to 3 eggs. The eggs are small, oval, and the shell is white and thin. The egg has a long diameter of 49.1 mm and a short diameter of 21.3 mm.. The egg weighs 11.3 grams.
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