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Ever wonder how turtles can survive an entire winter underwater without coming up for air? They breathe through their butts, that’s how! When turtles hibernate, their metabolism drops, which limits their need for oxygen. In this state, turtles are able to absorb the oxygen from the surrounding water as it moves across surfaces of their body. Surfaces with more blood vessels absorb oxygen best and at the top of this list - their butt!
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With most of Ontario covered in snow early this year it can be easy to forget that our hibernating friends are still out there. Turtles are considered true hibernators, meaning their body temperature drops to just above freezing and their heart rate slows. During hibernation, a turtle's heart rate drops down to just one beat every 10 minutes! ⠀
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Do you see those little bumps on this juvenile snapping turtle’s legs? Those are called tubercular scales! They’re also found on snapping turtles' necks and along the upper surface of their tail! ⠀
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You may have seen a photo of this species before but if you’ve seen them in the wild you’re one of the lucky ones. Blanding’s turtles are a threatened species in Ontario and are endangered worldwide. North Shore Ontario, located 150 km to the west of Sudbury, is home to one of the most densely populated sites of blanding’s turtles ever discovered in Canada. Tonight North Shore’s municipal council is expected to approve a 3-2 vote to allow a company to turn the site into a quarry. If this is approved it will be passed on to the provincial government to make the final decision. Ontario’s Endangered Species Act used to be highly acclaimed, protecting critical habitats and developing recovery plans, but this year under the Conservative government the act has been amended to benefit development. With an approach that critics have characterized as “pay as you slay”, a permit to destroy a critical habitat can be obtained as long as the developer contributes financially to a provincial conservation fund. The fight to save blanding’s turtles in North Shore is just the beginning of a battle between short-term monetary gain versus the long-term preservation of biodiversity and natural resources. To learn more about the blanding’s turtles in North Shore click the link in our bio. ⠀
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Now that Halloween is over you can focus on the next big costume event, the 2020 Turtle Walk in June! Year of the Rainbow Turtle! Walk with us in a town near you to raise awareness of turtles on roads and their importance to our lakes! Register online at turtlewalk.ca

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Happy Halloween! ⠀
Although Betty Boop looks pretty darn cute in her hat there is nothing scarier than an invasive species! An invasive species is any kind of living organism that is not native to an ecosystem and causes harm. Red-eared sliders are invasive to Ontario and outcompete our native turtles for food and resources. Now that’s terrifying! ⠀ ⠀
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Only 2 more days until Halloween! Is anyone dressing up as a spider this year like Mica is? Did you know that the largest species of spider in the world is the Goliath birdeater and it’s leg span is up to 30 cm!? That’s more than twice the size of Mica! Eastern musk turtles are one of the smallest turtle species in the world and only grow to a maximum of 13 cm long! Join the Turtle Guardians program and help save turtles like Mica! ⠀
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Double, double turtle and trouble; it’s almost Halloween and Jeremiah is dressing up as a witch this year! Witches in stories always seem to live an exceptionally long time but I doubt they can live longer than snapping turtles! Snapping turtles are believed to live well over 100 years and scientists in Algonquin Provincial Park aged one snapping turtle to be over 400 years old! No witch can beat that!⠀
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One Week until Halloween and things are getting spooky! Don’t worry, this skull doesn’t belong to any of our friends here at the Turtle Guardians Headquarters, but it did belong to a wild snapping turtle! As you can see here snapping turtles have beaks, similar to birds. It is a myth that snapping turtles can bite a finger off, they can’t even break through a carrot! It’s the alligator snapping turtles down in Florida that you might have to worry about…⠀
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