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Meet the Stinkpot Turtle

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Question & Answers

Vocabulary

  • Musking – producing odor to deter predators.
  • Reptiles – cold-blooded vertebrates.
  • Ectothermic – relying on outside heat for internal temperature.
  • Endothermic – produces heat internally.
  • Omnivore – animal that eats food of both plant and animal origin.

Fun Facts

  • The Stinkpot Turtle is also called the Common Musk Turtle