2. The tortoise moves slowly and can only climb more than 1 meters an hour. It consumes less physical strength, so its metabolism is particularly slow.
3. When the earth is covered with snow and ice, the tortoise doesn't eat or move, just like the snake frog, it begins to hibernate for more than four months to spend the cold winter.
4. Besides hibernation, turtles have the habit of sleeping in summer. In hot and dry summer, it lies in a big stone cave to slow down its heartbeat and breathe to avoid this unfavorable environment.
5. The tortoise is usually a sleepy, and it will take a nap after crawling for a few steps, and it will sleep for fifteen or six hours a day, with little energy consumption.
6. The tortoise's shell is very hard. When encountering foreign enemies, it will shrink its head, tail and limbs into the shell to protect itself.
7. Scientists have also found through research that the reason why turtles live long is that the division generations of their cells are much more than those of other animals. Generally, people only have about 5 generations, while turtles can reach 11 generations.
8. It has also been found that there are no carcinogenic factors in the turtle, so it will not cause cancer.
reference: Baidu.