The internal skeleton anchors the turtles' muscles. The spine is fused to the carapace in all species except the leatherback; and the long digits in the limbs of the turtle fuse together to form a flipper. Sea turtles cannot pull their heads and legs back into their shells.
Turtle flippers are sensitive to touch. The front flippers form a figure-8 pattern and act to propel the organism through the water, while the rear flippers provide direction and stability to the turtle's movement. Female sea turtles also use the rear flippers to dig out nest cavities.
Sea turtles do not have teeth; rather, their mouths are sharp and beak-like for crushing and tearing food. Leatherback sea turtles even have spines in their mouths to keep jellyfish from escaping!
Sea turtles' eyes are well suited for underwater living; however, above the water, the eyes only provide a near-sighted view of the world. In order to rid their bodies of excess salt ingested while drinking seawater, sea turtles have evolved a gland near the eye that releases excess salts. The gland also excretes fluids that help to keep a female turtle's eyes moist while they are on land nesting.
Sea turtle ears are located inside of the turtles' heads, so that the turtles are more aerodynamic in the water, and have the capability of detecting low frequency sounds and vibrations.
Sea turtles have a very powerful sense of smell. It has been theorized that this may help female sea turtles return to the beach on which they hatched, so that she may lay her eggs on the same beach. Sea turtles must return to the surface of the water for air.
Male and female turtles have few visible physical differences. A female sea turtle's tail typically does not extend beyond the hind flippers, while the tail of a male sea turtle typically extends well beyond the hind limbs. Female sea turtles also have a structure used to deposit eggs, the ovipositor.
The lower shell, called the "plastron," and the upper shell, called the "carapace."
the head,tail,snoit and nictitating membrane
what are the loggerhead sea turtles body markings
a shell isn't that obvious
sea turtles have arms, legs, heads and well all the body parts.
there are 28 bones in the turtles body
A turtles shell is built into bone structure. Parts of the backbone and the ribs, among other bones, make up the inner structure of the shell. This means that it cannot get out of its shell, as the shell is not separate from the body.
in the deep parts
Well they have a shell and can duck their body parts in it when preditors are around and they eat alge or other fish (as in sardines, minnows,ect.) Meself perfectt :)
Turtles do not have scales but they have hard skin a tough shell eyes ears nose a tail and other body parts
They are eating trash, thinking it is prey. They also are having their eggs being found and stolen by people. Sea turtles are being hunted severely for certain parts of their body.
Any multi-cellular organism has body tissue. There are several types of body tissue, including nervous and muscle, which turtles must have to function.
fether
Aquatic turtles molt. They do this by shedding scutes or layers of shell as the body of the turtle grows.
Sea Turtles are the outcasts of the ocean. They are like meg griffin. No-body likes them.
their body temp changes