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Smallest Aquatic Turtles In The World

ByBrady Ordway March 28, 2023

Turtles are some of the world’s oldest creatures, first showing up in our fossil records around 230 million years ago, though many scientists believe they could have existed long before that. In fact, some believe they date as far back as 300 million years during the Carboniferous period. Turtles were much, much different back then….

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Difference Between Turtles and Tortoises?

ByBrady Ordway March 1, 2023March 2, 2023

Turtles are some of the oldest creatures on planet earth, first showing up in our fossil records around 230 million years ago during the late Triassic, though many scientists believe they could have come about long before that. In fact, some believe they date as far back as 300 million years during the Carboniferous period….