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Do a tortoises shell cover its body?
Yes, tortoises can withdraw their head and legs so they are entirely inside their shell.
Can turtles hide in their shell?
Yes, turtles can retract their head, legs, and tail into their shell for protection. The ability to hide in their shell is a key defense mechanism for turtles to defend against predators.
How are a turtle and snake different?
Snakes has no legs. Turtles have a shell on their back.
What do turtles look like?
they are round and green have four legs and one head it has got a big green shell most turtles have a thick,heavy,boney shell, covered in plate-like scales.Adult turles are olive green or dark brown with yello streaks
What is the difference between snake and turtle?
turtles have legs, snakes don't. turtles have shells, snakes don't.
Which part of the shrimp is eaten?
What ever is inside of the exoskeleton. So, not the legs head or shell.
What makes sea turtles swim fast?
No the shell weights a ton the inside of a turtle is light it can not pick up that much weight
What to do if a live turtles shell is broken near the front legs?
Kill it put it out of misery
Is it true that sea turtles cant stick there head in there shell?
No, they can't. Unlike their land-dwelling relatives, they can not pull their heads or flippers into their shells. Sorry all who thought they could, but you're wrong. Unfortunately.
How do hermit crabs stay in their shells?
because they have 2 legs inside their shell to hold on to the shell
How do snapping turtles catch their prey?
Box turtles, land tortoises, and any aquatic turtles have the ability to put their legs, arms, and head in side of their shell. The shell is the turtles protector/house if someone threw a turtle it would go into its shell and the shell would hopefully protect it from the hard ground. Most turtles the shell is Greenish, Grayish, or maybe other different colorful colors and those colors are usually the almost exact thing that is probably under water. Like seaweed, Rocks, other fish, and ect. so they stay by the objct so it is almost nearly impossible to see.
Can someone explain what turtle has a orange belly and green and yellow strips along the head neck arms and legs?
these are to make the turtle look special and its also the shell. Turtles need shells to keep them protected.
