[For Seniors] Trivia Quiz and Fun Facts About Turtles – Complete Collection

Return to their designated hometown to lay eggs.

When sea turtles reach their nesting season, they return to the beach where they were born and lay their eggs there. Many sea turtles travel thousands to tens of thousands of kilometers, yet they reportedly never forget their homeland. This is called natal philopatry (the instinct to return to one’s birthplace).

Yes, blood is flowing.

One of the turtle’s bodily features is its shell. This shell is a modified form of the spine and ribs, and it is connected to the body. Because of this, blood vessels run through the shell and blood flows within it. It’s said that if the shell is injured, it can bleed.

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While turtles mainly breathe with their lungs, they can perform 'cloacal respiration'—taking in oxygen from water using an organ called the cloaca—when they remain underwater for extended periods.

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Turtles actually don’t have teeth. It’s said that their ancestors did have teeth, but they have since disappeared.

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The longest-living individual was a species called the Aldabra giant tortoise, said to have been born in 1750 and to have lived until March 2006.

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A turtle’s shell is a transformed version of what would be the spine in humans, and it contains nerves and blood vessels.

No, I never spend time on the beach.

Male sea turtles spend their entire lives in the ocean once they hatch from their eggs and enter the sea. In contrast, female sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs on sandy beaches.