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Turtles for Kids - By CrashCourse

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00:06	It's finally here . Okay . The turtle video ,
00:09	The turtle video , we are going to learn about
00:12	turtles . Uh , first we want to hear from
00:15	some of you , 10 year old Janna from London
00:18	had a joke for us and said , why can't
00:20	the bicycle stand ? It was too tired . That's
00:24	good . That's a good job . Good joke .
00:27	We also heard from 10 year old Abbey from texas
00:31	who learned about owls with us and said my favorite
00:34	owl fact was their amazing camouflage . That's true .
00:37	Their camouflage skills are pretty incredible . Mm That was
00:43	cool . Watch this entire video to see how you
00:46	can have a chance to be featured as well .
00:51	Well , as we mentioned earlier in this video ,
00:55	we are going to learn about turtles , but before
00:57	we dive into these turtle facts , let's cover the
01:00	basics . I think turtles are cute animals that are
01:06	famous for their protective hard shells and they're slow movements
01:10	. Uh , hey , do you already know what
01:14	type of animal a turtle is ? What type of
01:17	animal is a turtle ? Uh huh . Turtles are
01:23	a type of animal called reptiles . Turtles are reptiles
01:28	, wow . So what does that mean ? While
01:33	here are a couple of things about reptiles , they
01:37	breathe air . They are cold blooded and they are
01:40	vertebrates meaning they have a backbone , breathing air is
01:47	easy to understand . Right , can you take a
01:50	breath right now right now ? Yeah , you breathe
01:55	air to just like turtles and all of the other
01:58	reptiles . Even sea turtles breathe air . That's right
02:04	. So fascinating . This sea turtle is grabbing a
02:07	quick breath of air before going back in the water
02:13	earlier . We also mentioned that turtles and all of
02:16	the other reptiles are cold blooded . What does it
02:20	mean to be cold blooded ? Well being cold blooded
02:26	means turtles don't keep the temperature of their bodies the
02:29	same . Their environment changes the temperature of their bodies
02:34	. Or unlike turtles and other reptiles , we are
02:39	warm blooded . That means our bodies warm themselves and
02:42	keep our temperature about the same all of the time
02:45	. Even when we're out in the cold , if
02:50	you check the temperature of a turtle , it can
02:52	be all over the place depending on where the turtle
02:55	is because a turtle just like all other reptiles is
02:59	cold blooded . We also mentioned that just like other
03:05	reptiles , turtles are vertebrates , they have a backbone
03:09	. Next time you see a turtle smile at the
03:11	turtle and say , Hey , I know you you
03:15	are refer to break . You have a backbone ,
03:18	which is cool . Okay , Alright . Turtle ,
03:20	can you , can you hear me ? Turtle ?
03:22	Turtle ? If you would like to learn more about
03:27	reptiles , we have a full video on it .
03:29	You can check it out after this video . All
03:35	right . Time for more turtle facts . We want
03:38	to be experts on turtles . Turtle masters , let's
03:43	talk about this . What do turtles eat ? Huh
03:46	? That's a good question . What ? Well ,
03:51	that depends on the type of turtle and what kind
03:54	of food is around it . Turtles spend their day
03:57	looking for food . They can eat things like insects
04:03	. Fish , worms are different kinds of plants because
04:06	they eat both meat and plants . Turtles are omnivores
04:12	. Can you say omnivores ? Uh , turtles are
04:16	omnivores . That means they eat both plants and meat
04:23	. It's interesting their eating habits can actually change as
04:26	they get older , too . Okay , when turtles
04:29	are young to eat more meat and older turtles tend
04:33	to eat more plants . Now , that's not always
04:36	the case , younger turtles can eat plants to an
04:39	older turtles can eat meat , but their diet changes
04:43	as they get older . Oh , lupus . Here's
04:48	a picture of a turtle with a buddy . Well
04:51	, at least you would think these turtles are friends
04:54	that their buddies . Well , guess what they really
04:56	are . They're really not friends . Okay , get
05:02	ready for a sad fact . Turtles don't usually interact
05:08	with each other . They're not very social animals and
05:11	they don't interact with other turtles . If they're in
05:14	a group , they don't even acknowledge one another ,
05:17	they're just doing their thing in this picture there ,
05:20	eating together . They're enjoying a meal and it would
05:23	be like , cool if they were turtle friends if
05:25	they were friends . But turtles don't become friends with
05:28	other turtles . Turtles don't have turtle friends , they
05:31	just do their own thing . But the good news
05:37	is the turtle can be friends with you . Some
05:39	people have turtles as pets . Do you know anyone
05:43	with a pet turtle ? Okay . All right .
05:49	We are ready for our next turtle fact . Did
05:52	you know turtles love the water and spend most of
05:56	their time ? They're all okay . This is actually
06:01	the major difference between turtles and tortoises . Turtles spend
06:05	most of their time in the water , and tortoises
06:09	spend most of their time on land . Now sometimes
06:11	people get these animals confused because they look very similar
06:15	and they're from the same family , but they are
06:17	different because of where they spend most of their time
06:20	. Turtles spend most of their time in the water
06:22	, tortoises spend most of their time on land .
06:27	Look at this amazing sea turtle . All turtles spend
06:32	most of their time in the water , but none
06:34	as much as sea turtles . Sea turtles are all
06:38	about the water . But you know , even sea
06:41	turtles spend a little bit of time on land .
06:43	In fact , female sea turtles lay eggs on the
06:46	shore and the baby sea turtles make their way to
06:50	the water once they hatch , it's interesting . Baby
06:56	turtles are called hatchlings . That's right . Hatchlings ,
07:01	that's such a cute name and they look so cute
07:04	. Hatchlings are so adorable , but notice , you
07:07	know , their mother is not helping them . That's
07:09	because turtles remember are not social animals . Okay ,
07:13	they don't really interact with one another that much .
07:16	And so they're kind of left on their own .
07:19	That may be why turtles don't celebrate Mother's Day .
07:23	Their Mother's Day card would just say dear mother ,
07:28	I hatched and did everything on my own love baby
07:33	turtle . Of course no turtle video would be complete
07:37	without sharing more about that famous shell . The outer
07:41	part of the shells made of something called keratin .
07:43	The same thing . Your fingernails are made of ,
07:46	your fingernails are made of the same thing as turtle
07:49	shells . And as you can see the shell is
07:54	great for protection . Turtles can hide their heads and
07:58	their feet in their shells , but not every turtle
08:02	can hide in its shell . For example , sea
08:08	turtles can't hide in their shells , but we shouldn't
08:11	feel bad for them . Look at where they live
08:13	, wow , Absolutely beautiful . Hey , what was
08:19	your favorite turtle fact ? Let us know in the
08:21	comments section below . We would love to hear from
08:23	you . Look at this hatchling , looking at the
08:26	water so incredible . These are amazing reptiles , aren't
08:29	they ? And we hope you had a great time
08:32	learning about them with . Okay , do you remember
08:40	the kids comments that were at the beginning of this
08:42	video ? Just by commenting , you can have a
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