Box Turtle Ancestry

BOX TURTLES ANCESTRY (Sample: http://www.zilla-rules.com/pet-type/turtles-tortoises)

Box turtles are ancestors of the Reptilia, order Testudines, and suborders Cryptodira, and Pleurodira (“side-neck” turtles). The box turtle and tortoise both have a strong shell that protects them, but they are known for being slow. I wonder...Is their gradual speed because of that hard, cold shell?? And if it is, how do they feel? Box turtles also have beaked mouths so that they can chomp up those delicious slugs and worms. Box turtles should not be sold because then, they are not used to their original habitat, and they sometimes are forced to learn to adapt. It is very, very sad and tragic and we shou––––––––no, we NEED to protect these animals. Eastern box turtles, especially. They are very valuable, but the sad truth is that they are threatened. We really need to help these little animals.