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Are painted turtles threatened

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Updated: 8/20/2019

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Can painted turtles bite?

Yes, painted turtles are fully capable of biting you. I have 9 juvenile Eastern Painted turtles and they bite my fingers when they want attention or food. Although most painted turtles won't bite when threatened, you will come across the occasional moody one.


Are Painted Turtles an endangered spiecies?

no they are not - Actually, some populations of Painted Turtles are endangered. The coastal population of Western Painted Turtles are endangered in Canada (listed as "endangered" by COSEWIC). Other populations are threatened or of special concern.


Are stink pot turtles and painted turtles the same?

no, stinpots are musk turtles not painted turtles


Are baby painted turtles poisonous?

painted turtles are NOT harmful at all!


Do Painted turtles bite humans?

Painted turtles are not aggressive and typically do not bite humans unless they feel threatened or cornered. However, any animal has the potential to bite when feeling threatened, so it's always important to handle them gently and with care.


How does the painted turtle drink?

painted turtles drink out of a little drinking dish. painted turtles like fresh unsalted water


Do painted turtles try to eat little painted turtles?

No, not regularly. Painted turtles eat aquatic vegetation, algae, water insects, crustaceans, and fish. Most species of turtles don't go after other turtles unless they are a aggressive turtle. Exceptions for this are Snappers and Musk turtles which are more carnivorous.


What is cool about painted turtles?

they are cool because they are turtles


What is another cool fact about painted turtles?

they ARE NOT painted.


Do painted turtles only go to the bathroom when they are in the water?

painted turtles only like to pee in evion


When did painted turtles first exist?

Painted turtles have lived from 15 million years ago to the present.


Are painted wood turtles a kind of ornate wood turtle or another name for it?

Ornate wood turtles are sometimes called painted turtles. There is also a water turtle that is known as a painted turtle.