Happy World Turtle Day. Here Are Some Turtle Facts..

Happy World Turtle Day 🐢!

Here are some turtle facts! (Source: @tcsmalaysia)

🐢 ‘Turtle’ is an umbrella term for more than 350 species of turtles including sea turtles, freshwater turtles, softshell turtles, semi-aquatic turtles and land dwelling tortoises.

🐢 In Malaysia, there are 4 out of 7 species of sea turtles found nesting in Malaysia, 15 species of freshwater turtles (softshell turtle included) and 3 species of tortoises.

🐢Southern River Terrapin, locally known as Tuntung Sungai, can only be found in three countries; Thailand, Cambodia and Peninsular Malaysia; Terengganu, Kedah and Perak.

🐢Their nesting season starts in mid-January to mid-March where the females lays in average of 25 eggs with incubation period of 60 to 92 days.

🐢Hatchlings are equipped with ‘egg tooth’, a tool they use to break through the egg shell, and will naturally fall off after 2 weeks of hatching.

🐢 Adult terrapins are mainly herbivorous, feeding on water hyacinth, mangrove apple, screw pine and colocasia while the hatchlings are omnivorous; feeds on waterside plants, snails, clams and other small animals found on the bottom of the river.

🐢Their biggest threats includes human consumption; of their eggs and sand mining activities; lost of habitat.

🐢Southern River Terrapin are listed as Totally Protected species by the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 and are also listed as top 25 most critically endangered freshwater turtles and tortoises in the world.

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