Get that turtle to the vet immediately! A turtles shell is really a hard covering over their ribs. Once there is an opening in the shell the whole body will be infected and the turtle will surely die. So get that poor thing to the vet !
The turtles shell protects itself and hides inside its shell when in danger or when they are scared. The shell helps the turtle breathe. The turtles shell is another way to breathe for them.
if they are being attacked by predators, they will just hide out in their shell
yes turtles do have a bottom shell
A terrapin has a shell because it is a turtle, of course. There are 4kinds of turtles: aquatic turtles, land turtles, terrapins, and sea turtles. All turtles have shells.
they can be there own preditors from sufficating itself when it gets hit on its shell and humans will also hunt these turtles or their rare shell
Star Turtles are turtles with star like shell
A turtles shell is a form of armor; it makes it very hard for a predator to bite the turtle.
A sea turtles shell stays on its back because its attached
in its shell
a Shell
They are born with it!
turtles never get too large for a shell,the shells grows with them the shell is part if there skin