The tortoise's crawling speed is about 60 meters per hour. But in the tortoise family, there are members who crawl very fast, and the fastest crawling speed can reach 0.28 meters per second, which is three times that of ordinary turtles. They are leopard-print turtles. This kind of turtle is very big, the largest shell can reach 68 cm, the head is brown and the scales are very small. Its shell looks like a leopard. This kind of turtle is very beautiful.

The tortoise grows slowly. Under normal circumstances, the growth rate of soft-shelled turtle is: the weight of one-year-old soft-shelled turtle is about 15g, that of two-year-old soft-shelled turtle is 50g, that of three-year-old soft-shelled turtle is about 100g, that of four-year-old soft-shelled turtle is 200g, that of five-year-old soft-shelled turtle is 250-350g, and that of six-year-old soft-shelled turtle is about 400g. Male turtles grow slowly, and the largest individual with sexual maturity is generally 750g.

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Living habits

The tortoise is a semi-aquatic and semi-terrestrial reptile. Mainly inhabit rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds and other waters. Trapped in water during the day. When it is hot in summer, they look for shade in droves. Gentle temperament, do not fight with each other. When the enemy is injured or frightened, the head, limbs and tail are retracted into the shell.

Turtles are omnivores. They feed on animals and insects, worms, small fish, shrimp, snails, mussels, tender leaves of plants, duckweed, melon skin, wheat grains, rice and weed seeds. Their hunger tolerance is very strong, and they will not die if they don't eat for months.

Turtles are temperature-changing animals. When the water temperature is below 10℃, they hibernate in silt or covered loose soil. The hibernation period is generally 1 to April of the following year. When the water temperature rises to 15℃, the cave will move. Water temperature 18-20℃ to start feeding. Afraid of high temperature above 20℃, hiding in deep cement.