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 * WOOD TURTLE **
 *  By Owen Schuster **


 * My name is Owen. The people in my family are me, Claudia my first sister, Anya my second sister, and my Mom, and my Dad, and last theres my dog. I am a second grader and my teacher is Mr. Gould. One day at school animals came to the class from John Ball zoo and there were four animals and they were so not boring because we had so much fun looking at the animals. The animals were an Eastern screech Owl and a Ball python and also a Opossum but the one I was really interested in was the wood turtle because it moved so slowly and it was awesome and I will tell you some facts about the wood turtle first thing is the wood turtle looks like its shell is made out of wood and that's where they get their names from. They go in water and on land. Wood turtles eat plants, berries, and mushrooms, and last worms. They can live 40 years in the wild and 58 in captivity. On an average day, a wood turtle will move 108 meters and 354 The wood turtle is capable of eating in water and on land. Wood turtles can grow between 14 and 20 centimeters. During the spring, the Wood turtle is active during the daytime actually from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. During the colder weather the wood turtle stays in water for a larger percentage of a time. **