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They don't. Turtles breathe at the surface, then they just hold their breath when they're diving. How long depends on species, and on what it's doing. If it's swimming along nicely it'll need air more often than if it's resting.

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No, box turtles cannot breathe underwater. They are terrestrial animals and must come to the surface to breathe air. They do not have the adaptations to extract oxygen from water like aquatic turtles do.

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7y ago

They breath through their mouth.

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No they can't, because box turtles don't have gills. Box turtles are reptiles, not amphibians or fish. They lay eggs on land and are cold-blooded.

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Turtles do not breath underwater, They hold their breath and come to the surface to breathe.

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they do breath from their booty

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No this is an old joke

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