Turtle pets need complex care

By Clare Pearce
Updated October 16 2020 - 12:49pm, first published 10:12am
People often call Northern Yellow Faced Turtle hatchlings Penny Turtles and get them as pets thinking that they will have a cute tiny turtle.
People often call Northern Yellow Faced Turtle hatchlings Penny Turtles and get them as pets thinking that they will have a cute tiny turtle.

Mythical beasts are more glamorous than the real thing. Unicorns sparkle, they don't stamp, dragons breath fire, they don't run up trees and hide, and Penny Turtles never grow bigger than a fifty cent piece.

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