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Nature's solar-powered survivors, ruling the planet long before mammals stole the spotlight.
means Cold-blooded, scaly vertebrates like snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles that regulate body heat from their surroundings.
from From Latin reptilis, meaning creeping or crawling, from repere, to crawl — a name earned the hard way, belly to ground.
Older than dinosaursReptiles arose roughly 320 million years ago.
Not a real groupBirds are technically reptiles too, taxonomically speaking.
Sex by temperatureMany turtle eggs become male or female by warmth.
Built-in shadesCrocodiles have a third transparent eyelid for underwater vision.