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The ornate box turtle is currently near threatened. The ornate box turtles habitat is being destroyed. Their home is being built on and crops are also being farmed where it lives. Even though a female may lay HUNDREDS of eggs in her lifetime, only a handful may survive to adulthood.
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Human Impact and natural disasters
Humans have negatively impacted the Ornate Box Turtles ecosystem.
1. Road Mortality
Any roads used for human transportation. The turtles can't get across to breeding grounds, and the ones that do try to get across, usually get ran over by moving vehicles.
2. Being Kept As Pets
People are keeping the Ornate Box Turtle as a pet, but it is a wild animal. In some states you need a permit. People take full grown wild turtles to "raise".
Natural Disasters
These are some natural disaster that impacted the Ornate Box Turtle.
1. Road Mortality
Any roads used for human transportation. The turtles can't get across to breeding grounds, and the ones that do try to get across, usually get ran over by moving vehicles.
2. Being Kept As Pets
People are keeping the Ornate Box Turtle as a pet, but it is a wild animal. In some states you need a permit. People take full grown wild turtles to "raise".
Natural Disasters
These are some natural disaster that impacted the Ornate Box Turtle.
- Polar Vortex-affect hibernation patterns
- Wild Fires-destroys ecosystem and shelter
- Earthquakes-falling trees and debris can catch the box turtles
- Tornadoes-destroys ecosystem.
- Heat waves and droughts-are cold blooded and can overheat
- Flooding-can drown the turtles and kill food and mates/offspring