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Owning a pet is a great
sponsibility. Cats and dogs need
we and attention, medical care,
sod, water, and much more. Dogs
quire walks several times a day.
amsters and gerbils need food
and water, fresh bedding for their
ges, and toys to gnaw on. Many
ople decide to purchase turtles
pets. They mistakenly believe that caring for turtles is easier than caring for
ther pets. Toss them into a tank with some water and food and you're done,
ht? Wrong. Properly caring for turtles takes a lot of time and a lot of caruful
cention.
ne of the easiest turtles to find in pet stores is the red-eared slider. These
tles live in the wild in most areas of the United States, especially in the
utheast. They are freshwater turtles that fancy ponds, marshes, and other
ww-moving bodies of water. They are excellent swimmers, but you can often
them lounging in the sun on rocks and logs. This lounge time is known as
asking."
ed-eared sliders are easy to recognize. Like all turtles, they have shells. The
part of a turtle's shell is the carapace. The bottom part is the plastron. The
alls of red-eared sliders are greenish brown in color. Sliders' skin is green
have bue red
4x Wash and cleanse mean the same thing. These words are
A
B
C
D
homophones.
analogies.
antonyms.
synonyms.
