Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or treating them like clothing. Biology disagrees. A turtle shell is not an ...
The Outside Story shows how turtles have the capacity to withstand freezing temperatures in winter, some by freezing ...
A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, ...
Turtles are not the fastest of movers on land, but in the water, they have amazing reflexes. A turtle in a fish tank showed ...
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