Some turtles and tortoises emit tiny squeaks, grunts, and sighs when they're eating. These noises are indicative of the turtle's excitement! Air escapes the turtle's lungs when it quickly moves its head to reach for a bite to eat.

Are turtles supposed to squeak?

Semi-aquatic turtles may chirp and click. Tortoises squeak very loudly while mating – larger species grunt. Some turtles can cluck, while others make a high-pitched whining sound. The most common noise a pet turtle makes is the hissing sound.

Do turtles make weird noises?

Turtles can make sounds. ... Two new studies published recently in Chelonian Conservation and Biology and Herpetologica find that two turtle species vocalize when they reproduce and during some social interactions, and that their vocalizations are many and varied.