Turtle

I love turtles since my childhood. Captured this photos at Vazira Ganesh Temple, Mumbai. Also along-with photos, sharing some interesting facts about turtles which I read here -

Turtles have been on the earth for more than 200 million years. Turtles are one of the oldest and most primitive groups of reptiles and have outlived many other species( including dinosaurs).They evolved before mammals, birds, crocodiles, snakes, and even lizards. Several species of turtles can live to be over a hundred years of age including the American Box Turtle. The earliest turtles had teeth and could not retract their heads, but other than this, modern turtles are very similar to their original ancestors.

Turtles live on every continent except Antarctica. Turtles range in size from the 4-inch Bog Turtle to the 1500-pound Leathery Turtle. The top domed part of a turtle's shell is called the carapace, and the bottom underlying part is called the plastron. The shell of a turtle is made up of 60 different bones all connected together.

Turtles have good eyesight and an excellent sense of smell. Hearing and sense of touch are both good and even the shell contains nerve endings.

Some aquatic turtles can absorb oxygen through the skin on their neck and cloacal areas allowing them to remain submerged underwater for extended periods of time and enabling them to hibernate underwater.

This post is a part of ABC Wednesday Challenge. Theme for this week is "T is for"  Link to ABC Wednesday