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So, what we have here is an Eastern Snake-necked Turtle
also known as a Long-necked Turtle.
In some places they even may call it a Long-necked Tortoise
but it’s actually an Eastern Long-necked Turtle.
These guys are found in waterways around
the east coast of Australia.
They like to live in streams, sort of dammy areas
and they’re probably one of our most common turtles
that we find.
So they’re a very sought after pet.
These guys like to inhabit waterways so they spend ninety,
probably around ninety per cent of their time in the water.
They will come out to bask on a nice sunny day.
They act more like fish.
So, unlike other reptiles that spend the majority
of their time on land, these little guys just spend a lot
of time swimming around searching for food like
small fish, insects, crayfish.
So, these guys are called Long-necked Turtles.
Some people like to call them tortoises.
What a tortoise is it’s an animal that lives on the land
and there’s no true tortoises in Australia.
A turtle has webbed feet or flippers like this little guy.
A tortoise has feet like an elephant so that lets us know
that it walks on the land and that’s how we tell the difference.
So, if you ever see one of these on the ground crossing the road
because they like to cross the roads when it’s raining,
it’s actually an Eastern Long-necked Turtle, not a tortoise.
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