Happy World Turtle Day! May 23 marks World Turtle Day, an annual event that “helps people celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world,” according to the official World Turtle Day website. More specifically, six species of sea turtle -- green, hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, leatherback, loggerhead and olive ridley -- are federally protected by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. In light of World Turtle Day, which is not the same as World Sea Turtle Day, here are three facts you should know. Meanwhile, turtles have webbed feet that are equipped for swimming, while only sea turtles have flippers, National Geographic noted.

Source: Fox News May 23, 2018 16:41 UTC