It means that the scutes are raised and look like pyramids, and the shell is bumpy and not smooth.
For more information on how to take care of pyramiding on a pet turtle visit the link in 'related links'.
Yes
no it grows harder
yes, they are however, the shell is not as hard when they are first born
Yes, the turtle's are born with there shells, the only thing different between baby turtles and old turtles is that they are smaller. :)
The egg tooth helps baby turtles cut through the leathery shell when they are ready to hatch. It doesn't persist much past hatching.
Note: you can't really tell the sex of a turtle until after it's a baby. Male map turtles are about 1/3 the size of their females. Male map turtles have a concave under shell. Female map turtles have a convex under shell.
Female turtles leave their baby's to find food
all insects and underwater turtle food such as dried out shrimps.
No, The female snapping turtles responsibility ends after she has safely buried the eggs. The baby turtles hatch and make their own way upon scrambling out of the shell.
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What kind of turtle is it? Turtles like painted turtles and slider turtles should be fine. But turtles like musk, mud, or soft shell turtles would have trouble reaching the surface to breath. Do some research on your turtle and find out what their habitat should be. Deep or shallow.
an instinctive behavior is an behavior that an animal or plant is born with such as a baby turtles first reaction after breaking free from shell they break free