Scramble Squares -Turtles

Fascinating Facts about Turtles Scramble Squares® Turtles are uniquely popular members of the reptile family, easily distinguished from other reptile species by their often brightly colored protective shells and their docile temperaments. Turtles can withdraw their heads, legs and tails into their shells to protect their soft body parts from their natural enemies. Many persons who are completely repulsed by all other families of reptiles, such as snakes and lizards, are often very fond of turtles and even keep them as pets. Turtles, the order of reptiles known as "chelonians," are the oldest group of reptiles alive today, dating back 200 million years to the mid-Triassic Period, but now represent only about one tenth of the earth’s total number of living reptile species. Approximately 220 species of turtles are known to exist in the world today, living in a wide variety of habitats, including deserts, forests, pl