The most exotic turtles in the world

The prickly turtles, long neck turtles, and black hump turtles surprised many people about their bizarre shapes and "unique" characteristics.

1. Thorny turtles

Spiny tortoises are special types of apricot turtles that live in Southeast Asia. Like many other turtles, this number of reptiles has been declining in recent years because of being caught for meat and restricting habitat.

Barbed turtles have saw teeth and many sharp points. These points are initially sharper and gradually wear away over time. This is considered a weapon to protect them as a child, and is a form of camouflage that makes turtles look like leaves.

2. Chinese soft shell turtle

This turtle has a very special way of discharging urine, which is oral discharge that scientists have not noticed in any other animal. This special ability enables them to live in saltwater areas because they do not secrete much waste water to replenish many alternative countries. Soft apricot turtles live in many parts of Asia, including Vietnam.

3. Mary, Australia river turtle

Mary River turtles are found in the river Mary, Queensland, Australia area. This turtle has many colors like red, blue, black, brown. Head of small turtle, long tail compared to body size. A female turtle needs 25 years and a male turtle needs 30 years to mature. Mary turtle respiration takes place on land, but the turtle can also absorb oxygen in the water through parts of the tail.

4. Soft spiny tortoises

Soft spiny tortoises live in the US, Canada and northern Mexico. This is a turtle with a rather bizarre shape with triangular head, flat apricot, round, many black spots. Over time, these dark spots will fade away. Soft spiny tortoises have long, thin noses, many conical cones on the front apricot. The sex of this turtle is influenced by genes, while in most other turtles, sex is determined by temperature and environmental factors in the sand.

5. Oriental long neck turtles

Oriental long-necked turtles are turtles that live in Australian lakes. This is a turtle that has a longer neck than other turtles. The turtle's long neck is directly proportional to the size of the shell. With a solid shape, it is also called a snake neck turtle . The turtle takes advantage of the long neck advantage to hunt. When threatened, this turtle will release a horrible odor from a distance of 1 m, making other animals stay away.

6. Black hump turtle

This is a small turtle that lives mainly in freshwater rivers such as Mississippi and Alabama, USA. The striking feature of the black humpback turtle is that there are many sharp points on the shell and gradually reduce the sharpness when the old turtle. The underside of the turtle shell is usually gray or blue. Black hump turtles mainly eat insects.

7. Big head turtle

Big headed turtles live in Southeast Asia. The outstanding feature of this turtle is its huge head . Big-headed turtles are brown and quite smooth and smooth. Unlike other turtles, big-headed turtles cannot indent tomorrow, so they have a 'helmet' with bones to avoid head-on collisions. For self-protection, big-headed turtles use their strong, powerful jaws. It can also climb trees, climb hills. Big headed turtles are endangered animals because humans hunt too much.

8. Pig nose turtle

Pig nose turtles live in New Guinea and Australia. This is the only freshwater turtle with sea turtle-like flippers . However, the most striking feature of this turtle is that the nose is quite like a pig's nose. The nose can act as a breathing tube, rising above the water. The turtle's pig nose is very sensitive to movements and makes it easy for them to catch prey underwater. The number of pig nose turtles has decreased by more than half in the past 50 years.

9. Short neck turtle

Turtle shells are orange in the border and on the inside. The color of the apricot fades when the turtles get older, but can still be seen clearly when the turtles are mature. Red-necked short-necked turtles live mainly in the water, just to the shore to make a nest or sunbathe. When sunbathing, their throat movements appear, tears will flow to the face and go down to the mouth of the turtle, while it is constantly open and closed, similar to the breathing action of dogs.

10. African armor turtle

African armor turtles can emit an incredibly horrible smell from four transects in each limb. When females lay eggs, they often choose a place and urinate to soften the soil and dig holes more easily. This turtle often catches large prey like pigeons, snakes and even other turtles. This is the only turtle known for its hunting properties .

11. Leaf tortoise Mata mata (Chelus fimbriatus)

This is one of the ancient species left on Earth. This turtle has a very impressive and unique shape, a camouflage master from birth. When it was young, it looked like a dry leaf, when they grew up, they looked like a rock or a senseless, immobile log.

12. Radiation turtles (Astrochelys radiata)

This turtle originated from Madagascar, is a beautiful turtle that is extremely endangered due to habitat loss and hunting. This species grows to about 40cm in length, and can weigh about 15 kg. There is a very impressive tomorrow class.

13. Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Leatherback sea turtles can dive the deepest, and go the farthest. It can fight back and chase away predators like sharks. Unlike other sea turtles, it has no shell, instead it is covered with oily flesh.

14. Cantor's giant soft-shell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii)

Cantor's giant soft tortoise can grow up to 1.8m long, it has a very large head, with eyes set close to the muzzle. Most of its time is buried in sand or mud, lying motionless waiting for the prey it ambushes. It only appears on the surface twice a day to breathe.

15. African turtle (Geochelone sulcata)

This special turtle has impressive spurs on its front legs. This is the third largest turtle in the world, and the largest land turtle. It can grow up to 1m long, live from 50-150 years old.