A lot of people would tell you that you know how old a turtle is by counting the boxes on its shell, but it isn't true. I guess the only way to know is to know when it was born. To check it out yourself, you can go to www.yourturtle.wetpaint.com:)
look on google images or determine the sizeof the turtle and stop listening to wiki answers they lie
The only way to really be sure of a box turtle's age is to be present at the hatching. Determining age by the hexagonal lines on the plates of the shell (scutes) is not reliable.
if they are wild its most likely to tell their age but if it isn't wild if don't think you'll have a good chance of telling its age. hope this answers your question
Sea turtles are not just the longest-living turtles, but the longest-living animals on earth. See the Related Link below.
A yellow back turtle or yellow-bellied slider is an aquatic terrapin which has evolved to live in warm waters. There is no definitive way in determining how old it is and the rings on its shell are not conclusive in gauging its years of age.
It matters on the turtle's age...
you need to be the civilization that has turtle ships
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As a shell grows, the number of scutes generally does not change, but their size does. In some turtles, old scutes are shed and replaced by larger, new ones. In other species, including box turtles, tortoises, and wood turtles, scutes enlarge in diameter as new keratin is laid down. The "growth rings" in scutes have been used be some experts to help determine the age of a turtle. Age estimation based on growth layers, however, can be erroneous for several reasons:
Typically, you can determine that by using the inverse ratio of the horses height to his age.
to answer thier age