Saturday,
25 October 2025
Don’t mess with the Eastern Long-necked Turtle

THE Eastern Long-necked Turtle is our most common turtle and can live up to 50 years.

It is also known as the Eastern Snake-necked Turtle.

They have a great defence mechanism for predators with the ability to produce a foul smell from their glands that can be sprayed more than one metre.

During the dry months, Eastern Long-necked Turtles bury themselves in mud or soil in dried up water bodies, prote...

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