Why would you want to paint a turtle's shell anyway - unless it's for identification. A more sensible procedure would be micro-chipping ! It's permanent and doesn't wash off !
Anyway - to answer the question - so long as you use lead-free & solvent-free paint it shouldn't harm the turtle.
no, if a turtles shell cracks it is most likely to grow moss over the crack to heel. However if the shell brakes then yes it will die. Because turtles are attached to their shell, and it is part of its body.
Yes it will - It dies because the shell is part of the skeleton. It's formed form the fused bones of the rib-cage.
A turtle's backbone is connected to its shell. You can hardly crack it or hurt it, but when it's hurt in any way, you must take it to the veterinarian, or the turtle will die.
no they can not live without there shells they will die without it
If a turtles shell breaks you need to repair it by just patching it. If the shell breaks completely then it more than likely cant survive because the shell is the turtles backbone.
Of course turtles can die. They can die of old age,diseases, etc..
It can, with no predator.
yes
yes turtles do have a bottom shell
A raccoon for sure, sorry for your loss I know how it feels.
A terrapin has a shell because it is a turtle, of course. There are 4kinds of turtles: aquatic turtles, land turtles, terrapins, and sea turtles. All turtles have shells.
Star Turtles are turtles with star like shell
A sea turtles shell stays on its back because its attached
A turtles shell is a form of armor; it makes it very hard for a predator to bite the turtle.
The turtles shell protects itself and hides inside its shell when in danger or when they are scared. The shell helps the turtle breathe. The turtles shell is another way to breathe for them.
a Shell
They are born with it!
in its shell
to put it shortly a turtles shell is a growth of the spine. whitch is made of BONE.
turtles never get too large for a shell,the shells grows with them the shell is part if there skin