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Tortoises acquire most of their water from dew and sap in vegetation (particularly the Opuntia cactus), which enables them to survive for more than six months without drinking. They can endure up to a year when deprived of all food and water, [ 103 ] surviving by breaking down their body fat to produce water as a byproduct.
One person was purported to survive 7 days in the desert, 6 of these without water, without suffering heat stroke as the temperature reached no higher than 103.2 °F (39.6 °C) during his ordeal. [9] However, he had reached the third stage of dehydration, which is 80-90% fatal; this likely represents an upper limit of survival at high temperatures.
7) Baby sea turtles incubate for 60–80 days and hatch. 8) Newly hatched baby sea turtles emerge from nests and travel from the shore to the water. 9) Baby sea turtles mature in the ocean until they are ready to begin the cycle again. Sea turtles are thought to reach sexual maturity from about 10−20 years old depending on species and ...
Sea turtles: there are seven extant species of sea turtles, which live mostly along the tropical and subtropical coastlines, though some do migrate long distances and have been known to travel as far north as Scandinavia. Sea turtles are largely solitary animals, though some do form large, though often loosely connected groups during nesting ...
A satellite tagged loggerhead turtle pushes its way to the water at West Dennis Beach in July 2020, one of seven sea turtles released. The animals were all found cold-stunned on Cape Cod the ...
Tortoises have been known to survive oceanic dispersals of more than 740 km. [26] Once on islands tortoises faced few predators or competitors and could grow to large sizes and become the dominant large herbivores on many islands due to their low metabolic rate and reduced need for fresh water compared to mammals.
The largest known turtle was Archelon ischyros, a Late Cretaceous sea turtle up to 4.5 m (15 ft) long, 5.25 m (17 ft) wide between the tips of the front flippers, and estimated to have weighed over 2,200 kg (4,900 lb). [10]
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