Why do turtles live long?

"Thousand-year-old turtle", the reason why turtles live long, according to the research of relevant experts, is mainly the unique breathing method of turtles:

The tortoise's lungs are under its shell, so it can't breathe air directly. It must swallow the air into its mouth by lifting it under its mouth, and then send it to its lungs, just like swallowing food.

At the same time, it relies on the ups and downs of limbs and abdomen to drive lung breathing.

This hesitant action of the turtle fully evolved the brain stem nerve responsible for the turtle's breathing and promoted the turtle's longevity.

At the same time, turtles also have the habit of sleepiness, sleeping about 10 months a year, hibernating and sleeping in summer, so their metabolism is slow and their energy consumption is little.

Zoologists and medical scientists have examined the heart function of turtles. After the turtle's heart is taken out in vitro, it can beat for 24 hours, which shows that the turtle's heart is powerful and plays an important role in the turtle's life.

Why can turtles live so long?

1. The tortoise shell is very thick, which can protect internal organs and reduce water loss.

The tortoise moves slowly and can only climb 100 meters in an hour. It consumes less physical strength, so the metabolism is particularly slow.

When the earth is covered with ice and snow, the tortoise can't eat, just like a snake frog, and begins to hibernate for more than four months to spend the cold winter.

Besides hibernation, turtles also have the habit of sleeping in summer. In hot and dry summer, it lies in a big stone hole to slow down its heartbeat and breathing to avoid this unfavorable environment.

The tortoise is usually a person who likes sleeping. It will take a nap after climbing a few steps, and sleep for 15 or 16 hours a day, with little energy consumption.

6. The tortoise has a hard shell. When encountering foreign enemies, it will retract its head, tail and limbs into its shell to protect itself.

7. Through research, scientists also found that the reason why turtles live longer is that their cells divide into many generations than other animals. The average person has only about 50 generations, while the turtle can reach 1 10 generations.

8. It is also found that there is no carcinogenic factor in the soft-shelled turtle, so it will not cause cancer.

The longest-lived turtle on record has been kept for 152 years, and its life span is at least 152 years. It is reported that a South Korean fisherman caught a turtle on the coast, which was 1.5 meters long and weighed 90 kilograms. Many oysters and mosses are attached to its shell, and its life expectancy is estimated to be 700 years. However, in the turtle kingdom, the life span of different turtle species is different. Some turtles can live for more than 100 years, while others can only live for about 15 years. Even some long-lived turtles can't live for a hundred years, and their life span is long or short, because from the day they were born, diseases and enemies threatened their lives all the time.

Although people all know that turtles are long-lived animals, little is known about the reasons for their longevity. Some scientists at home and abroad regard this as a research topic to explore and use it as an excellent animal model to study human longevity. According to the existing research, the reasons for the longevity of turtles are still different.

Some scientists suggest that the life span of turtles is related to their body size. Chinemys reevesii has a long life, but the little turtle has a short life. The recorded long-lived turtles, such as elephants and turtles, are all important figures in the turtle family. The former is the largest land turtle in the world, and the latter is very big. However, the zoologist of Shanghai Natural Museum disagrees with this view, because there is a specimen of a big-headed turtle in the museum, the number of which is far less than that of elephant turtles and soft-shelled turtles, but the words "Twenty years of Daoguang" (1840) are engraved on its carapace, which is obviously for record purposes. This year, the Opium War broke out in China. This big-headed turtle was captured in the Yangtze River in 1972. From the year of engraving to being captured, this turtle lived at least 132 years.

Some zoologists and turtle experts believe that the life span of vegetarian turtles who eat plants is generally longer than that of turtles who eat meat and omnivores. For example, the elephant turtle living on tropical islands in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean feeds on grass, wild fruit and cactus, and its life span is very long, with 300 years. However, other turtle researchers think this is not necessarily true. For example, big-headed turtles and some omnivorous turtles that feed on animals such as snakes, fish and insects have a life span of more than 1000 years.

Why do turtles live longer?

1, the turtle's breathing style is very unique: the turtle's lungs are under the carapace, so it can't breathe air directly. It must swallow the air into its mouth by lifting it under its mouth, and then send it to its lungs, just like swallowing food. At the same time, it relies on the ups and downs of limbs and abdomen to drive lung breathing. This hesitant action of the turtle fully evolved the brain stem nerve responsible for the turtle's breathing and promoted the turtle's longevity.

2. Turtles have the habit of sleepiness, sleeping about 10 months a year, hibernating and sleeping in summer, so their metabolism is slow and their energy consumption is extremely low.

Turtles have strong heart function. Zoologists and medical scientists examined the heart function of turtles. The turtle's heart can beat for 24 hours after it is taken out in vitro.

The tortoise is very quiet. Slow movement and little activity, so slow metabolism and low energy consumption.

Turtles are mainly vegetarian. Eat meat occasionally. For example; Elephant turtles from the Indian Ocean to the islands can live for 300 to 400 years by eating seaweed, moss, cactus and wild fruit, and occasionally eating lion snails and shrimps. Turtles are vegetarians, and their life span is 100~200 years old. It may be that vegetarianism has avoided all kinds of harm caused by the escalation of acidity.

6. Gifted. The life span of an organism is determined by the genetic biological clock. It limits the generation of cell division and reproduction and determines its life span. Human cells can reproduce for more than 50 generations, and their life span should be 120~ 150 years. Turtle cells can divide and reproduce for more than 130 generations, and their life span should be more than 300 years ... In addition, there are a lot of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in their bodies.

7. Strong resistance. There is a unique immunoglobulin in the tortoise, which has strong anti-disease and anti-cancer effects. This turtle has never suffered from cancer, and it is safe to transplant it with highly reproductive cancer cells.

Why do turtles live long?

Why do turtles live longer?

At noon in summer, the burning sunshine made the turtle's skin dry and hot, and it almost cracked. The tortoise thought, I wish I had an umbrella at this time. It suddenly found a crane holding an umbrella under an old elm tree nearby, but the umbrella didn't open. Cranes are afraid of rain and sun, and only open umbrellas when it rains. The tortoise hurried to the crane and said, "crane, I can't stand the heat." Can you lend me your umbrella? I will be here this time tomorrow. "

I'll pay you back. "I can lend you my umbrella, but you must keep your promise and return it to me." The tortoise said, "I swear on my honor that I will borrow money to pay it back."

At noon the next day, the tortoise waited for the arrival of the crane at the place where the umbrella was borrowed, so as to return the umbrella. But after a long wait, the crane didn't come. The tortoise thought that something must be wrong with the crane and couldn't spare the time to come here. Come back at noon tomorrow.

On the third day, the tortoise waited for a long time, but there was still no sign of the crane. The tortoise thought, if the crane doesn't come, I'll wait, or I'll lose my credit. How painful it is to live. So it waits under the old elm tree at noon every day, rain or shine, 365 days a year.

As time went on, the branches of that old elm tree became less and less, and then it dried up and died. One year, another elm seedling appeared under the tree and grew slowly. The tortoise comes here to wait for the crane at noon every day. It watched the small elm seedlings grow into small trees and slowly grow into big trees with thick bowls. I don't know how many years have passed, the elm has grown into a folded tree, but the crane still hasn't come. Many animals laughed at the tortoise and said it was dead. Since the crane doesn't come to get the umbrella, why wait there? It's really stupid

But the tortoise doesn't think so. It believes that only honesty is the true meaning of life. Without honesty, the value of life will be mostly lost or even meaningless. It should be responsible for its commitment for life. One noon, the tortoise waited for the crane to arrive under the elm tree as usual. After waiting for a long time, it fell asleep. It dreamed that the crane was coming. The tortoise quickly handed the umbrella in his hand to the crane and said, "Thank God, I finally waited for you, but the crane flew away like it didn't see it, and it didn't take the umbrella." The tortoise shouted in the dream, crane crane. When the tortoise woke up, there was still no crane. When the tortoise was ready to leave, the crane fell from the sky. The crane was very moved and said, "Tortoise, you really keep your word. I stayed at home for 30 days and then forgot about it. I just remembered it today. "

The tortoise said, "Grey crane, where do you live?" The crane said, "In the Heavenly Palace." At this moment, the crane suddenly realized something, and it burst into tears. It thinks, dear, every day in the sky and every year in the ground, the tortoise comes to return the umbrella every day. For 30 years, more than 10 thousand, dear

Later, the Jade Emperor learned about it, and in order to encourage the spirit of the tortoise, he gave it a life span of 500 years. As a result, the tortoise has become the longest-lived animal in the animal kingdom.

Why do turtles live longer?

The life span of an organism is determined by its own biological characteristics. Some creatures live for days, years, decades, and hundreds of years, but trees and animals that have lived for thousands of years are different.

Why do turtles live long?

1. The tortoise shell is very thick, which can protect internal organs and reduce water loss.

The tortoise moves slowly and can only climb 100 meters in an hour. It consumes less physical strength, so the metabolism is particularly slow.

When the earth is covered with ice and snow, the tortoise can't eat, just like a snake frog, and begins to hibernate for more than four months to spend the cold winter.

Besides hibernation, turtles also have the habit of sleeping in summer. In hot and dry summer, it lies in a big stone hole to slow down its heartbeat and breathing to avoid this unfavorable environment.

The tortoise is usually a person who likes sleeping. It will take a nap after climbing a few steps, and sleep for 15 or 16 hours a day, with little energy consumption.

6. The tortoise has a hard shell. When encountering foreign enemies, it will retract its head, tail and limbs into its shell to protect itself.

7. Through research, scientists also found that the reason why turtles live longer is that their cells divide into many generations than other animals. The average person has only about 50 generations, while the turtle can reach 1 10 generations.

8. It is also found that there is no carcinogenic factor in the soft-shelled turtle, so it will not cause cancer.

How to raise long-lived turtles?

Longevity turtle is another name for China grass turtle.

Set the water temperature as you did. There are land, shallows and deep waters, which are very suitable for raising these turtles.

If you start eating, you'd better know what it used to like to eat. In contrast, if it used to eat feed regularly, it would be easier to accept feed. If you often eat live bait before, breadworms, water worms and red worms are the best choices. Longevity turtles eat all kinds of food. They can feed anything.

Chinese turtle (Chinese turtle), also known as tortoise and scarab, belongs to tortoise; It is one of the famous turtles in China. Trionyx sinensis has the advantages of fast growth, strong disease resistance, high meat yield, delicious taste and high ornamental value. China grass * * * has a smooth top, granular scales at the back of the head and weak horniness at the beak edge. The carapace has three longitudinal sides, and all toes are webbed. Wild Chinese turtles live in rivers, lakes, swamps and ponds, dig holes in sunny, cool and loose soil on the shore to lay eggs, and are omnivorous. Turtles (Longevity Turtles) have diverse eating habits, small size, slow growth and long life. It is a very popular turtle suitable for beginners.

Latin scientific name: chinemysreevesi English name: chinesethree-keeledpondturtle Chinese name: Tortoise alias: Golden Tortoise, Grass Tortoise and Longevity Tortoise. Adult male turtles are also called black turtles because they turn black all over.

The pattern on the back of the young turtle is very beautiful, also called the money turtle. Classification Location: Reptiles, Tortoise and Freshwater Tortoise: This turtle is native to China, and is distributed in all provinces except Northeast, Northwest, * * and Hainan, with the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River being the largest. Taiwan Province Province, Korea and Japan are also distributed abroad. Body shape: Generally, turtles seen in the market are only 3 or 4 cm small, 8- 10 cm medium, and 15-20 cm adult. The pattern of the young turtle is very beautiful, also called the money turtle.

As you have no breeding experience, I suggest you don't buy small turtles under 5cm, and don't buy the so-called gaudy turtle feed sold to you by those vendors. The tortoise's head is of medium size, olive or dark brown; There are yellow stripes and yellow spots on both sides of the head and throat, which extend backwards to the neck. The snout is obliquely cut inward and downward, and the horny sheath at the beak edge is weak; The combined angle of the left and right dentate bones of mandible is less than 90.

The turtle has three obvious sides on its back; The carapace of the small turtle is brown, and the whole body of the male turtle will turn black when he becomes an adult, so it is also called the ink turtle; And the color of the mother turtle will not change. The turtle's navel is brown, and each piece has a large dark brown patch. Feeding points: wild turtles live in rivers, lakes or ponds and are small semi-aquatic turtles.

They often leave the water and go to rocks or logs to dry their backs. Ultraviolet rays in the sun help it absorb calcium in food, otherwise it is easy to get soft shell disease or lose nails. Therefore, when we raise turtles, we also need to "bask in the sun" often, that is, we often have to bask in the sun. It should be noted that even ordinary glass can isolate most of the UVB ultraviolet rays in the sun, so turtles should be directly exposed to the sun. Be careful not to take turtles out to bask in the sun at noon in summer. You may get heatstroke. Cover yourself when you are in the sun. When it doesn't want to bask in the sun, it will climb down and hide. At the same time, turtles have the habit of crawling back.

If you have more than one turtle, you will see that it likes to climb on the backs of other turtles. Young turtles spend most of their time in water, but the water quality is not very good, so they should be raised in shallow water. Even adult turtles can't stay in deep water for a long time and need a piece of land to drill out of the water to rest. Feeding habits: turtles are omnivores, while small turtles prefer meat.

In the wild, they eat insects, frogs, fish and aquatic plants. Under artificial breeding, small fish, shrimp, loach and lean pork are usually fed. There are also some small snails, worms, earthworms, crickets and so on. Often give some lettuce, cucumber, tomato and so on to supplement their own nutrition. My little turtle is only 4 cm long. Once I forgot to go home to feed, and it actually ate two crabs the size of coins raised by it! Later, I found the crab's pincers in its feces.

It is best to cut the food into small pieces when feeding. When eating large pieces of meat or fruit, they will grab the food and tear it with their front paws until it is torn to pieces. When they swallow, the food residue in their mouths will come out with the water, making the water very dirty. If they are kept in an indoor aquarium, I suggest taking them out and feeding them in other containers every time, which will make it easier to clean up their leftovers. ......

My long-lived turtle, why is this?

Rotten skin, rotten skin and meat are all exposed.

What is the secret of tortoise's longevity?

The longest-lived animal in the world is the tortoise, but few people seriously summarize the secret of the longevity of the tortoise, so this summary work is most suitable for me, who likes to do things that others don't want to do.

Through research, it is found that the longevity of turtles is not accidental, which contains many important secrets.

Secret one, the turtle's eyes are not very good, even worse than myopia. This can avoid a lot of boring visual information bombing, and the benefits of longevity are self-evident.

Why do people who live long live in rural areas? In the past, most people thought that the air in rural areas was good, but it was not. In fact, the visual environment in rural areas is monotonous, very eye-catching and saves cognitive energy, which is in line with the first secret of tortoise's longevity.

Secret two, the tortoise should shrink its head when it should. Only turtles in the world have this indomitable spirit. Brave animals, such as wolves, tigers and leopards, do not live long, which should be related to not shrinking when it is time. So do people. Heroes don't live as long as villains, because heroes are not as good at retreating as villains. What will shrink in the world will never shrink, and what will shrink will never shrink. That's why there is the true confession of successful villains: heroes are used and friends are betrayed.

Secret three, the tortoise is slow. Agile animals, such as bees and antelopes, die quickly.

Secret four, the tortoise is content with Changle. This quality is the most rare. Imagine, if a turtle competes with a shark for swimming, or races with a rabbit, can it compete? I can't be angry, but how can I live longer So turtles always swim better than rabbits and walk better than sharks, and always keep a good attitude.

It is not difficult to understand why collusion between government and coal is particularly difficult to control now. Because some people like to be an official among the rich and get rich among officials, they always maintain a good attitude like a turtle.