. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. TURTLES. "5. with its beautifully carved scales, the Speckled Tortoise with its black shell ornamented with orange-colored dots, and the Snapping Tur- tle, live in fresh-water ponds and streams, coming at times upon the land. Others, like the Salt-water Terrapin, so much prized for food, live in salt-water creeks. Others, like the Hawkbill Turtle, the Green Turtles, and the Soft- Shelled Sphargis, live in the ocean, and only come on shore to lay their eggs. The land and fresh-water turtles of North America have the 1 11 f c 4- • -It Fiff. i6S.— Skel
. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. TURTLES. "5. with its beautifully carved scales, the Speckled Tortoise with its black shell ornamented with orange-colored dots, and the Snapping Tur- tle, live in fresh-water ponds and streams, coming at times upon the land. Others, like the Salt-water Terrapin, so much prized for food, live in salt-water creeks. Others, like the Hawkbill Turtle, the Green Turtles, and the Soft- Shelled Sphargis, live in the ocean, and only come on shore to lay their eggs. The land and fresh-water turtles of North America have the 1 11 f c 4- • -It Fiff. i6S.— Skeleton of a Turtle, shell from tour to six or eight '^ inches long, except the Gophers and Snappers, which are much larger, having the shell a foot and a half or more in length ; in some cases, the Snapping Turtle is four feet long from the nose to the tip of the tail. This turtle has the head and neck very large, and the jaws strongly hooked ; it is exceedingly powerful, and very voracious, devouring smaller reptiles, fishes, young ducks, and other small animals. When molested it raises itself on its legs, opens its mouth wide, and, throwing the body forward, snaps its jaws upon its enemy with fearful power. See Figure 171. The Hawkbill Turtle, Figure 172, lives in the warm parts of the Atlantic Ocean, and weighs about two hundred pounds ; its scales furnish the material for beautiful and costly tortoise-shell ornaments. The Green Turtles weigh two or three hundred. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy Gove, 1836-. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book Co
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