Yes, it is a myth that turtle leave their shells and find new ones or can leave their shell at all. A turtles shell is actually a hard, bone covering over their ribs. A turtles shell will shed off each individual scute to reveal another one under neath.
A surprising number of people don't know this, but turtles' shells, unlike hermit crabs', are actually a part of their body--the same goes for snails. They grow with the rest of their body.
it grows its shell by eating its own poo and drinking its own pee and then acts like its dead 2 weeks later it will start to grow its shell . for more info call doctor turtle at 0456735427
hes legs get bigger then do the rest of his body dont take a genius to work it out
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no because it needs time to form
A turtle's shell grows as it grows.
i think it would grow with the turtle and then when it is an adult the shell would be fully grown
yes the shell grows
yes the shell will grow with the turtle,, but you may be feeding to much ?if its getting to fat
No - the shell expands with the growth of the turtle.
No. The turtle is connected to its shell just like you're connected to your skin. Can you live without your skin? Nope. i can! xD ha jk
A turtles shell is a part of its' body made out of bone. Turtles grow their own shells.
Oddly enough, a turtle's shell is actually attached to it's body. It is not like it can take it off and find a new one. A turtle's shell is actually part of it's vertabre. It's like extended bone. Otherwise, it couldn't grow as the turtle does.
If a turtle loses its shell it is naked, homeless and dead because the turtle's spine is in its shell.
An alligator could eat a turtle in its shell, and a shark could eat a sea turtle in its shell.
As with any turtle the turtle shell is called CARAPACES.
A sea turtle has an external shell.
If a turtle does not have a shell, it can be both naked and homeless.