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What would happen if you put a sea turtle in fresh water?

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Believe it or not, relatively little. It'll swim around and probably run away from you, much like it would in salt water. Sea turtles have been maintained in fresh water tanks, in some cases for years. read more

Believe it or not, relatively little. It’ll swim around and probably run away from you, much like it would in salt water. Sea turtles have been maintained in fresh water tanks, in some cases for years. read more

If you placed it in fresh water, or even in salt water, the embryo would drown. Sea turtles don’t lay their eggs in the water; they must go onto land above the high tide line to lay them. The embryo has to breathe by means of air diffusing through the shell and inner membranes. read more

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