Turtles as a species of reptiles are presented by individuals of various size – from dwarfish to huge. If big representatives live in oceans and are the object of study of zoologists, then little turtles perfectly feel in aquariums and became pets.
Surprising reptiles. They appeared on the earth long before on it the person began to manage. Also endured all cataclysms which dinosaurs and mammoths did not manage to postpone. The turtle unperturbably drags the armor, without applying for love of the person, but people with pleasure to hold their houses as pets. There is an opinion that these animals live hundreds of years and can endure hostesses and their descendants. The myth it or the truth, was found out for a long time by zoologists.
Champions on longevityIn the nature this species of reptiles really is in the lead among living beings on life expectancy. At the same time accommodation conditions do not act on them at all. When studying their physiological features the scientists found out the amazing fact. It appears, these reptiles practically do not grow old. An organism of an individual only hatched from egg and that which 200 years, functions equally. And what deceptive look – wrinkled skin, the slowed-down movements and overdue perception. The big turtle who lives in oceans and occasionally comes out of the water for reproduction, there lives vaguely long term. Scientists did not find out how many years of life to them the nature measured. All of them died only of difficult viral diseases, any individual who died a natural death still did not manage to find. These animals are able to stop heart and to fall into a condition of anabiosis, and then with ease to leave it back. Now geneticists study a genome of these reptiles with the purpose to find out what gene starts the program of longevity. The truth is also the fact that many turtles house live hundreds of years and can be given to inheritance to descendants. However they early perish because of the person under car wheels, in teeth of a predator, because of the wrong leaving or as a result of diseases.
Pets
Most often houses live the little turtles belonging to a type of krasnoukhy. Such reptiles have life expectancy in 30 years, but at the correct leaving and good conditions of dwelling. They do not exist in the nature for a long time, and their insistence to conditions of keeping is explained by it. In spite of the fact that a turtle small, the big water terrarium calculated on 100-150 liters with islands of sushi for rest and meal is necessary for her. In a terrarium it has to be warm, reptiles like to get warm. It is necessary to feed them: - crank; - crude forcemeat; - boiled fish without bones; - vegetables: carrots, cabbage, lettuce leaves. At improper feeding at reptiles the rickets develops. Armor-clad reptiles are an object of jokes for the sluggishness and slowness, but for some reason nobody pays tribute to their records of longevity and surprising features of an organism in which there is no place to aging.