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A sun-worshipping armored loiterer that outlives most of your future regrets.
basking habitStacks on logs in heat-hoarding turtle pyramids
lifespanMany survive forty-plus years in the wild
cold trickBreathes through its butt while hibernating underwater
slow maturitySome take a decade to reach breeding age
sex by heatEgg temperature decides whether hatchlings are male or female