Adaptations:
Structures:
-Shell: Protection (connected to its spine)
-Eyes: Red for males; Brown for females
-Claws: Digging
Behaviors:
-Terrestrial (live on land)
-Omnivores (eat mostly meat and some plants and mushrooms)
-Not territorial
-Slow moving
-Shells can heal, but with a scar
Dangers:
-Dogs, fox, coyotes, owls, hawks, humans, raccoons
-Cars
-Habitat loss/Few places to hide
-Pet Trade
-Infections/Diseases
-Poor Eye Sight
Questions:
- Why don't box turtles play in water?
- Are there western box turtles? If so, what do they look like?
- What kind of turtles are their aquatic cousins?
- What happens if you help a box turtle, but you put it back?
- Does it confuse the turtle if you move it back to where it was coming from instead of where it was going?
- Can a box turtle fight/protect itself?
- How do you tell if it's a box turtle instead of another type of turtle?
- Why do they call it a box turtle?
- Why is the spine attached to a shell?
- What is the home range of our Forest Park turtles?
- What colors the eyes of box turtles?
- Why are male and female eyes different colors? Why don't other turtles have this?
- Where are the safe places to take box turtles?
- What genes do box turtles inherit?
