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yes. as wild desert tortoises get older the color of its shell gets lighter color if dark when young.
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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.
Do turtles lose their shells?
Tortoises do not shed their shells because the shell is part of their body. With proper UVB lighting the shell will grow normally and adjust to the tortoises size.
Your baby red eared slider has a bright green shell but all the adult pictures you see on Google are brown Does his shell change color when he gets older?
yes. their shell gets darker as it grows
Snails and tortoises carry what with them?
A shell.
Do conch change shell's?
No, a conch grows his shell. The bigger the shell usually the older the conch is.
Do conch change shell's as they grow?
A conchs shell grows along with the shell. They also change color to show the age of the conch.
Is Ivy poisonous to tortoises?
it can but it has to be hitting his skin not the shell
Is a tortoises shell it's skeleton?
No the shell is not the skeleton, but it cannot be extracted from it without it breaking.
How do you make chickens lay browner eggs?
You cannot change the color of the egg shell, genetics are pre determined at hatch and the color of the shell is not effected by feed. You can change the color of the yolk with feed but not the shell itself. The color of the shell is due to a bile duct secretion as the egg is forming in the oviduct of the hen.
Why are tortoises endangered?
tortoises are not endangered yet. they are watched very carefully though. because they do not reproduce often there is not many wild tortoises in the desert. ravens also have a huge impact on the disappearance of the tortoises. a raven will peck through the shell of the tortoise and eat what is inside the shell.
Where do tortoises stores their water?
They put it in the refrigerator they store in their shell.
Example of animals with shell?
Turtles and tortoises are both animals that have a shell. Other animals that have a shell include mollusks and sea urchins.
