every year in the waters on the territory of the capital staff Mospeada see turtles. In different years reptiles seen in the parks “Izmailovo”, “Tushinskaya”, “Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo”, “bittsevskiy Les”, “Moskvoretsky”, “Tsaritsyno”, in the landscape reserve “the Valley of the Skhodnya river in Kurkino”, in the rivers Yauza and Hermance, Stroginskaya floodplain.
Turtles have been observed on natural areas this year. In the ponds they live are two kinds of turtles — the swamp with a dark green carapace and red, with red spots on the neck. Marsh turtle, by the way, included in the Annex to the red data book of Moscow region, and therefore are protected.
In a pond on territorialnaja was spotted a turtle with a mottled face, who lives here year: regularly meet employees and visitors.
Marsh freshwater turtle can hibernate at the bottom of the pond, burrowing in the mud. They live in Russia, but in more southern regions, the homeland of the red is America.
Turtles, like other reptiles, are cold-blooded animals, they cannot raise body temperature for their livelihoods. In addition, solar UV rays is very important for them to make vitamin D and calcium metabolism. So they crawl ashore and climb the trunks growing from water trees, which for them is safer, and spend hours basking in the sun. At this point, they are easy to catch, but this is not necessary, since turtles can be carriers of infections.
In the eve, which is celebrated on may 23, experts Mospeada urge citizens not to release pet turtles into the water. The red-eared terrapins will likely die in the first winter if it is cold. In addition, Pets reptiles can’t survive in the wild.
a video about the life of turtles in the natural-historical Park “Kuzminki-Lublin” can be viewed on the website Mospeada.
