The tortoise is a beautiful little animal, smart, docile and lovable. Although they are sometimes timid, they are not always so. Generally, they only retract their heads and tails into their shells when they are in danger.

The tortoise has a rectangular body and a slightly convex carapace. The most common turtle in China has a turtle tail with three longitudinal sides on its shell.

Turtles are also called water turtles, golden turtles, boudoir turtles and mud turtles. There are many kinds of turtles, including Brazilian turtles, diamond turtles and Hubei turtles.

Turtles are amphibians. They breathe with their lungs like fish. They have horny decks on their bodies, which can reduce the increase of water.

Turtles are omnivores. They feed on animals and insects, worms, small fish, shrimp skins, snails, mussels, tender leaves of plants, duckweed, melon skins, wheat grains, rice and omnivorous seeds. Their hunger tolerance is very strong, and they will not starve to death if they don't eat for months.

Turtles are warm-blooded animals. When the water temperature drops below 10℃, they hibernate in mud or loosely covered soil at the bottom of the water. When the water temperature rises to 15 degrees Celsius, they will move out of the cave.

Mother turtle laid eggs, covered them with sand and let them bask in the sun. A few days later, the little turtle was born.