What is the difference between a female turtle and a male turtle?

Grass turtle, also known as tortoise, golden tortoise, etc., is one of the common aquatic turtles in China, often inhabiting rivers, lakes and ponds. Grass turtles are loved by many turtle breeders because of their unique physical features, so what is the difference between female grass turtles and male grass turtles?

I. the difference between female turtles and male turtles

The belly of the male tortoise is concave, the individual is small, the shell is black, the tortoise is long and thin, and the tail long handle is thin, while the female turtle's belly is flat, the individual is larger, the shell is brown, the longitudinal edges are prominent, the trunk is short and thick, and the tail short handle is thick. In addition, the male's cloaca is far away from the body, and the female is close to the body; the male turtle will turn black after adulthood, and the female grass turtle's body color generally remains the same for life.

Grass turtles are aquatic, can also land reptiles, live in the water during the day, mild-tempered, encounter enemies or frightened, they will shrink the head, limbs and tail into the shell. It belongs to omnivorous animals, which are mainly small fish and shrimp, lean meat, small insects, rice, vegetables, fruits, turtle feed and so on. They tend to be meat when they are young and vegetarian when they are adults.

Second, the little knowledge of grass turtles

1. Grass turtle is an "antique" on the earth, which has a modern form as early as 120 million years ago. it appeared in the Carboniferous period and was contemporary with dinosaurs.

two。 Grass turtles are one of the few animals that survive after going into space. In 1968, a pair of Soviet turtles went into space to fly around the moon and returned in good health.

3. The vitality of grass turtles is very tenacious, and among Japanese netizens, there are examples of grass turtles still alive after being frozen into ice.

4. In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a kind of official called "tortoise man". His duty was to be in charge of the tortoise. "if there is a sacrifice, then serve the tortoise in the past."

That's all we have to say about grass turtles. When buying grass turtles in the market, we must pay attention to the distinction so as not to buy the wrong gender.