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the sea turtle can actually drink salt water. there are salt glands in the back of their head that removes salt. when a sea turtle comes on land to lay it's eggs, the salt that was removed from the water will come out as tears that will keep their eyes from getting dry.
Turtles get their water from the ocean, and they excrete the excess salt from glands in their eyes.
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What is the rarest turtle alive?
the Galapagos land turtle
How fast does a galapagos turtle run?
Not very.
What is the rarest animal in the Galapagos Islands?
turtle
What is the kingdom for the Galapagos turtle?
Turtles are apart of the animal kingdom.
What cartoon character was born in galapagos islands?
Filburt Turtle .
What animals longest-living of all vertibrates?
The Galapagos turtle
What animal can can sleep up to 3 years?
galapagos turtle
What is the origin of a galapagos turtle?
They originate from The Galapagos Islands, where they were first discovered. The origin of the name was from the Spanish "Galapago", a type of saddle.
Are there any turtles that do not eat fish?
Yes the Galapagos turtle doesn't.
What makes a Galapagos turtle live longer than humans?
Their slow lifestyle.
The spanish word for Galapagos Islands gets its name from which creature?
turtle Actually, Tortoise
Is the Galapagos Turtle real?
Yes! They are called "Galapagos tortoises," by the way. They live in the Galapagos Islands, which are 13 main islands and many smaller islands, all of which are off the coast of Equador in South America. Galapagos tortoises are huge, the biggest tortoises alive today, getting to be up to 660 lbs (300 kg)! They eat about 70 lbs. of food, and sometimes a lot more. There are 12 different species of Galapagos tortoises, but two of them are extinct. The remaining Galapagos tortoises are labeled as "threatend" and "vulnerable." A lot of people mistakenly call tortoises "turtles." A turtle is water-dwelling (either sea or fesh water), omnivorous and flat shelled, while tortoises are land-dwelling, vegetarian, and have dome-shaped shells. Also, tortoises are really, really slow (average speed for a Galapagos tortoise is .18 mph!) and turtles are actually surprisingly fast.
