World Turtle Day

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World Turtle Day Facts

• The American Tortoise Rescue gives the following tips on helping turtles and tortoises: never buy from a pet shop, report sales of animals less then four inches; don't remove them from the wild; report illegal sales or cruelty to animal control; help tortoises cross the road by carrying them to the other side, but don't try to turn them around as they'll go back on the road; write to legislators to protect their habitat.
• There are seven species of sea turtles. According to Seeturtles.org six of the seven are threatened or endangered. Threats to sea turtles include: entanglement in fishing gear, poaching and illegal trade of eggs, meat, and shells, coastal development, plastic and other marine debris, global warming, ocean pollution, turtleshell trade.
• All tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises. Tortoises are exclusively land animals.
• Adwaita, an Aldabra giant tortoise, holds the verified record for longest-lived known tortoise. He lived to be 189 years old.

World Turtle Day Top Events and Things to Do

• Volunteer to help save turtles. Here's a list of different programs you can take part in.
  
• Watch this short animated video detailing the challenges infant sea turtles go through.
• Check out this hilarious 2014 promotional video by Nickelodeon.
• Watch a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie or episode. The first movie from 1990 is a fan favorite .

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