well sea turtles skin absorbs oxygen bubbles, so they dont need to breath, and all they do is swallow, its ok if water get into there mouth
How are crocodiles aboe to go underwater without swallowing water
My baby turtle sleep underwater. They need to be able to get on land and in fact they enjoy it! My turtles do fine out of water for an hr or more because they also sleep out of water. Turtles need time out of their terrarium so they can work out.
No. Turtles do not have gills so they have to come to the surface of the water to breathe.
Land turtles don't do much. they lay around in the shade doing almost nothing. But underwater turtles are so cool! the swim around, and do tricks in the water. The water turtles are so much fun! land turtles aren't that much fun at all. So if you like turtles, get an underwater one! never get a land turtle.
Turtles are much faster in water than on Land. They can usually swim faster than a human.
there are tortoises and turtles tortoises live on land and turtles swim and sometimes live underwater
Turtles don't breathe under water. They've got lungs - not gills. They hold their breath when they dive.
A turtle needs air to breathe. Some turtles can slow their metabolism, allowing them to sleep underwater, but it must come up to the surface of the water in order to breathe. It can hold it's breath and stay underwater awhile, but it must surface to breathe or it will drown. Turtles cannot breathe underwater because they do not have gills, like fish - they have lungs, much like human lungs. Some aquatic turtles such as the red-eared slider can hold their breath for 3-4 hours, which might make you think that they are breathing underwater, but they really are not.
no in fact, most of their diet is underwater: jellyfish, snails and vegetables
Turtles have lungs, not gills. They don't breathe underwater. When they dive, they hold their breath.
It can't. When submerged, they hold their breath.Some turtles can stay underwater for days at a time without taking a breath, as long as the water stays cold. answered by yahoo
Turtles have to go to the surface of water to breathe so if they get caught in underwater fishing nets they will drown.