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Common Name:Box Turtle


Scientific Name:T. Carolina Carolina


Basic Information about the Species:
The box turtle can commonly live up to twenty years, with verified cases of lifespans as long as 40 or 50 years. There have been unverified cases of box turtles living as long as one hundred years and more.

References:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_turtle#Diet


North American Box Turtles are Omnivores.There sharp eyes and ken sense osf smell help them in finding food such as snails,insects,fungi,slugs,worms,roots,flowers,fish,frogs,salalmanders,snakes,birds,eggs and ,
various rodents.During their first five to six years the young are primarily carnivorous while they grow.Adults
tend to be mostly herbivorous,but they don't eat green leaves.Box Turtles have been known to eat road-kill.
Babies and young turtles need more protein and prefer a carnivorous diet, and then include more plant matter as tehy get older.