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# Red-Eared Slider - Is It Dangerous? | Mind of Animals

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# Red-Eared Slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

Found in Floridareptiles

2 Mostly harmless danger 2 out of 5

Red-Eared Slider

Photo by Greg Hume (CC BY-SA 3.0) via [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RedEaredSlider05.jpg)

## What you should know

The classic pet turtle. Needs real turtle pellets and extra calcium, never fish flakes, or its shell grows crooked.

## Whoa

It can live forty years or more. A pet turtle can outlive the kid who picked it out.

## Staying safe around it

Treat it with respect, keep your distance, and tell a grown-up if you see one up close.

**Always ask a grown-up before you touch any animal or plant.** If something bites or stings you, tell an adult right away.

Source: [VCA Animal Hospitals](/mind-of-animals/#s6)

Read more about the red-eared slider at [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eared_slider).

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