The turtle's cave is either in the water or in the mud. These places are not suitable for breathing. The tortoise can't breathe underwater, but it has to hold its breath for a long time and come up to breathe every once in a while.
So in most cases, turtles will choose to hibernate under the mud and then leak their noses. The turtle has two holes in its nostrils, which can be recognized by experienced people at a glance, and it is easy to catch the turtle.
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Living habits can be simply summarized as "three joys and three fears", that is, like cleanliness and fear of dirt, like sunshine and fear of wind, and like quietness and fear of fright. In the natural environment, turtles like to inhabit rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds and other clean waters.
On calm days, I often lie on the sunny shore and bask in the sun (commonly known as basking in the back). I use ultraviolet rays in the sun to kill pathogenic bacteria on my body surface, promote the healing of the injured body surface, raise my body temperature and promote food digestion by basking in my back.
Turtle is very timid, sensitive to the sound of the surrounding environment and the movement of objects, and dives into the water at the slightest sign of trouble. Soft-shelled turtles are fierce and aggressive, and bullying among groups is very common. When food is scarce, they will eat the same kind. During the growing period, soft-shelled turtle mainly breathes through the lungs. When the water temperature is lower than 15℃, the soft-shelled turtle dives into the mud at the bottom of the pond and begins to hibernate, and breathes by the gill tissue in the throat and other auxiliary respiratory organs.
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