Do turtles come out of there shell?
urtles and tortoises have hard, protective shells that are made up of 59 to 61 bones covered by plates called scutes. Like your bones, a turtle’s shell is part of its skeleton. The turtle cannot crawl out of it, because the shell is permanently attached to the spine and the rib cage. The shell’s top is called the carapace, and the bottom is the plastron. Turtles can feel pressure and pain through their shells, just as you can feel pressure through your fingernails. Some turtles can pull their heads, legs, and feet inside their shells. They are known as “hidden-necked turtles.” In order to make room inside the shell, they sometimes have to exhale air out of their lungs, which makes a hissing sound. Other turtles can’t pull their legs or heads into their shells. Some of these have long necks and protect their heads by tucking them sideways up against the shell. They are known as “side-necked turtles.” The leatherback turtle’s Dermochelys coriacea shell is a little different. It does not
