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The hard upper shell of a tortoise is called a?
The upper shell is called the dorsal carapace.
How are the tortoise shell useful to them?
The tortoise's shell is their home. The shell has a hard cover and can protect them when something hard hits it. If they do not have the shell, they would have died fast.
Does a gopher tortoise have a hard or soft shell?
it has a soft shell
What is an adaptation for a tortoise?
a hard shell to protect it from enemies
What adaptations does a desert tortoise have?
it has a hard shell to protect it from preditors
Why would you find a huge empty tortoise shell and not the tortoise?
Unfortunately, it is a myth that turtles and tortoises can leave or change their shells. The shell is actually a hard, protective covering over the turtle or tortoise's ribs. So if you find an empty tortoise shell that means that that tortoise has died and decomposed.
Does a baby tortoise shell hard?
hard. you can stand on some types of fully grown species.
Why the tortoise shell is not smooth?
Why is a tortoises shell not smooth? It shell is like a stone and god make shell hard because it safe life
Why do tortoise have shell?
A tortoise has a shell for protection and it lives in it while it travels looking for a mate.
Is the word tortoise a feminine or masculine word?
a reptile with a hard, rounded shell. It'
What happens if a tortoise's shell cracks?
The shell of a tortoise is similar to the human rib cage. To be precise, the human rib cage has spaces between them which seperates 1 rib from the other. For a tortoise the ribs are merged together forming a conch aka shell. Hence if you ever tap hard on the shell of a tortoise a few times, you will see immediate movement in the form of the tortoise trying to run away from you. Hence if the shell of the Tortoise breaks it results in immediate death of the tortoise . Hence one should never try and remove the shell of the tortoise. Incase the shell cracks , immediately take your tortoise to a pet doc. Also bandage the crack like you would to a human wound. Ensure that the bandage is firm so as to hold the shell together.
What reptile lives in water and has hard shell for protection?
A turtle. and define what you are thinking is a "protective shell"
