yes. as wild desert tortoises get older the color of its shell gets lighter color if dark when young.
Yes, tortoises can withdraw their head and legs so they are entirely inside their shell.
Tortoises do not shed their shells because the shell is part of their body. With proper UVB lighting the shell will grow normally and adjust to the tortoises size.
yes. their shell gets darker as it grows
A shell.
The only turtles that can colors are sun turtles and they dont even change they vary in color.
it can but it has to be hitting his skin not the shell
No the shell is not the skeleton, but it cannot be extracted from it without it breaking.
They put it in the refrigerator they store in their shell.
tortoises are not endangered yet. they are watched very carefully though. because they do not reproduce often there is not many wild tortoises in the desert. ravens also have a huge impact on the disappearance of the tortoises. a raven will peck through the shell of the tortoise and eat what is inside the shell.
Turtles and tortoises are both animals that have a shell. Other animals that have a shell include mollusks and sea urchins.
Yes!
No, conchs do not change shells. They grow and live in the same shell throughout their life. If a conch's shell gets damaged or lost, it can repair or regenerate it to a certain extent, but they do not actively change shells.