VIDEO: Small Turtle “Attacks” Fluffy Cat

Most animals are social creatures that interact outside their species, too, and friendships are formed.

As we well know, friends sometimes bicker.

This video shows a cute, friendly “fight” between a small turtle and a fluffy white cat.

According to Live Science, turtles are reptiles with hard shells that protect them from predators. They are among the oldest and most primitive groups of reptiles, having evolved millions of years ago. Turtles live all over the world in almost every type of climate.

The turtle order, Testudines (or Chelonia), splits into two suborders, Cryptodira and Pleurodira, and then further splits into 13 families, 75 genera and more than 300 species.

“Turtle,” “tortoise” and “terrapin” are often used interchangeably as synonyms, but there are distinct differences between the types of chelonians.

With so many different types of turtle, there is no average size. The largest sea turtle species is the leatherback turtle. It weighs 600 to 1,500 lbs. (272 to 680 kilograms) and is about 4.5 to 5.25 feet (139 to 160 centimeters) long. The Galápagos tortoise grows up to 6 feet (183 cm) long and 573 lbs. (260 kg). The largest freshwater turtle in North America is the alligator snapping turtle.

It can grow to 2.5 feet (80 cm) long and weigh as much as 200 lbs. (91 kg). The Yangtze giant softshell turtle is the largest softshell turtle. It measures up to 3.6 feet (1 m) across, and weigh up to 309 lbs. (140 kg).

One of the smallest turtles is the speckled Cape tortoise. Its shell is 3.1 inches (7.9 cm) long. It weighs about 5 ounces (142 grams).

A turtle’s shell is a modified ribcage and part of its vertebral column. The top part of the shell is called the carapace, and the bottom is called the plastron. The shell is made up of about 60 bones that are covered by plates called scutes. Scutes are made of keratin, the same material that makes up humans’ fingernails.

Many turtles are able to retract their heads and feet into their shells. Turtles are placed in the two suborders based on the method of retraction. Pleurodires pull their heads in sideways; cryptodires draw their heads straight back into the shell. Sea turtles have lost the ability to retract their heads.

Turtles are not social creatures. While they typically don’t mind if there are other turtles around them, they don’t interact or socialize. Most turtles are active during the day, spending their time foraging for food.

Turtles are not silent creatures. Some sound like electric motors, some sound like belching humans and some bark like dogs. The red-footed tortoise from South America clucks like a chicken.

Most turtles are omnivores; they eat a variety of different things, depending on their species. Musk turtles eat mollusks, plants, small fish and insects. The cooter turtle is mostly vegetarian, and the green sea turtle only eats grasses and algae.

The alligator snapping turtle lures in fish with its tongue, which looks like a worm. It wiggles its tongue to attract a hungry fish and then snaps down on it with its strong jaw. It also eats aquatic plants, snakes, frogs, fish, worms, clams, crayfish and other turtles.