Box Turtle II

? Box turtles are native to the United States and Mexico. Box turtles eat poisonous mushrooms and retain the toxins inside of their body so their flesh may induce poisoning of humans. Box turtles have a soft shell until they hit the age of 7 years old. These turtles are omnivores, and their diet mainly consists of slugs, worms, insects, berries, eggs, and roots. During the heat of the day, box turtles hide in mud, under decaying logs, or in abandoned burrows. In the wild, box turtles can live over 100 years old.. While the male box turtle is larger than the female, it is pretty difficult to tell the difference by size alone. The way to tell the difference is in their eye color! Males have red eyes and females have yellow-ish brown eyes Several species of turtle are critically endangered because they tend to rely on very specific habitats and become threatened if those habitats change.