
Any guesses which letter we are going to learn about? Of course, it is T and T is for Turtle. Its time now for the alphabet lesson in today’s printable collection. Before running out of breath, this turtle is swimming up to the surface. The range of time turtles can stay immersed can be anywhere between one minute to one hour. Therefore, the aquatic species need to come up to the surface to fill their lungs with fresh air. This illustration shows a scuba diver documenting the life of a sea turtle in its habitat. To rid of the excess salt, they have special glands around their eyes which release salty tears. Sea turtles end up absorbing lots of salt because of the seawater they consume in their habitat. This little turtle is hiding inside its shell as the thunder and lightning strikes on this coloring page. You must have seen or heard about pet dogs hiding or running scared during storms.
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The dead skin forms part of body protection over the years. Turtles undergo molting or shedding of skin, but the process is continuous and small pieces get shed at a time.

Greeting you with a warm smile is an old and experienced turtle on this coloring page. Older than snakes or crocodiles, turtles have their earliest known members that lived during the Middle Jurassic era and are among the longest living animals.

Fill this Loggerhead turtle with colors ranging from yellow to brown for the skin and reddish-brown for the shell. They spend the majority of their long lives in water. Living anywhere between 47 – 67 years, the Loggerhead Sea turtle is an oceanic turtle found around the world. As the name suggests, the Leatherback does not have a hard shell and instead is covered by skin and oily flesh. Not just that, it is also one of the heaviest reptiles, weighing over 900 kg. With a size reaching up to 6.6 feet, the Leatherback Sea turtle as illustrated here is the largest living turtle. They are fused together to form the bridges of bony structures on the sides. The hardened upper shell is known as carapace, while the lower shell is termed as plastron. Turtles have different shells on the upper and lower side of their body. Here he is having a fun time watching turtles floating in the water. A furry red monster, Elmo is a part of the segment titled “Elmo’s World” on the show. Who do we have here? It’s the famous Elmo, from the popular Sesame Street show. Fill the turtle with brown or black colors having patches or spots of yellow or orange colors.

Unlike the extinct Archelon coloring page, this Eastern Box turtle is very much living and a slow-moving crawler having a long life. Here we have another real turtle illustration on this coloring image. With the outer shell and the scutes, the turtle gets protection from any dangerous predators as well as curious creatures like this playful dog. The epidermis or the outer skin on the shell layer which has scaly ridges is called scutes. Standing on just one front limb, this turtle is doing some serious work lifting up the rest of the body in the air. If the turtle standing on two legs was interesting, this illustration is full-on epic! Look at this athletic turtle doing incredible gymnastics. Look at this adorable and cute female baby turtle. If the temperature is in a higher range, a female is hatched, while a lower temperature leads to males. There are some turtle species where the temperature of the incubation determines if an egg will hatch into a male or a female. Having tended to her flower garden in the morning, this cute female turtle is admiring the freshly cut flowers she gathered in her basket. There’s something about flowers that instantly makes us smile and brings us joy.
