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CHELYDIDAE 



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food, and retiring into the pond to swallow it. When left to 

 themselves they are rather nocturnal in their feeding habits. 



FIG. 90. Chelodina longicollis (Australian long-necked Chelodines). x \. 



Now and then they tuck themselves away for weeks without 

 feeding, for instance when they go through a regular term of 



