How is a turtle and a tortoise different?

Answer 1

Tortoises occupy their own taxonomic family, called testudinidae. All types of land and aquatic turtles come in a wide range of sizes, colors, and shapes. Sometimes the name "terrapin" refers to those animals that fall somewhere between a turtle and tortoise, because they live in swampy areas or begin life underwater and eventually move to dry land.

Turtles may live in freshwater, the ocean, or brackish ponds and marshland. Their front feet might be fins or merely webbed toes with streamlined back feet to help them swim. Turtles have flatter backs than tortoises, and may spend all or part of their lives underwater. They mate and lay eggs underwater or on the shore. Some turtles sun themselves on logs, rocks, or sandy banks. During cold weather, they burrow in mud and go into torpor, a state similar to hibernation.

Answer 2

A tortoise is a type of turtle.

Tortoise are turtles that live mainly on land, distinct from sea turtles who spend most of their time in the water.

wrong. turtles are not the same as turtles. get some sense in your head, people.
Turtles live in or near water, whereas tortoises are not adapted to live in water. (Look at the feet; turtles are more angular to cut through water, whereas tortoises are definitely designed for land).

Answer 3

In a biological respect, a tortoise is a kind of turtle, but not all turtles are tortoises.

Tortoises occupy their own taxonomic family, called testudinidae. All types of land and aquatic turtles come in a wide range of sizes, colors, and shapes. Sometimes the name "terrapin" refers to those animals that fall somewhere between a turtle and tortoise, because they live in swampy areas or begin life underwater and eventually move to dry land.

Turtles may live in freshwater, the ocean, or brackish ponds and marshland. Their front feet might be fins or merely webbed toes with streamlined back feet to help them swim. Turtles have flatter backs than tortoises, and may spend all or part of their lives underwater. They mate and lay eggs underwater or on the shore. Some turtles sun themselves on logs, rocks, or sandy banks. During cold weather, they burrow in mud and go into torpor, a state similar to hibernation.

Sea turtles migrate great distances. They are more often omnivorous, eating plants, insects, and fish.

Answer 4

turtles have smoother shells and are awesome and tortoises have rough shells and are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

Turtles are aquatic or semi-aquatic with webbed feet, while tortoises are land-dwelling with sturdy, column-like legs. Turtles have flatter, more streamlined shells for swimming, while tortoises have domed shells for protection on land.

Answer 6

Turtles have webbed feet, and are adapted to spending part of their lives in water- they swim quite well. A tortoise is a dry land animal.

Answer 7

A turtle is typically found in or near the water, a tortoise is a dry land animal that can be found in the desert.

Answer 8

tortoise is bigger.

and MOST types of tortoise lives on land and the turtle lives in water and land.

tortoise claw is pointy so as its mouth! the beak?

Answer 9

turtles live only in the water. tortoises live only on land.
terrapins spend their lives in and out of the water.