Turtle Facts & Trivia

Turtle Facts

• A turtle’s shell is made up of about 50 different bones.
• Turtles make sounds by swallowing or forcing air out of their lungs.
• Male turtles select mates by sniffing tails.
• Turtles don’t have ears, but they can perceive low-pitched sounds.
• Turtles have existed for around 215 million years.

Turtle Movies

• Turtle: The Incredible Journey, (2009)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, (1990)

Turtle Songs

• The Dream of the Blue Turtles, by Sting
• Yertle the Turtle, by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Famous Turtles

• Master Oogway, in the movie “Kung Fu Panda”
• Tortoise John, in the movie “Rango”
• Toto, in the movie “Harry & Toto”
• Verne, in the movie “Over the Hedge”
• Franklin, from the TV show “Franklin”
• Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael, from the TV show Teenange Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Testudo, the mascot for the University of Maryland