ok i got a kind of stupid question... Can turtles hear? do they understand diffrent voices.. just wondering because i always talk to my turtle and everyone looks at me like what the heck is she doing..lol i take my turtle for car rides which he loves he like climing all over the car. anyway he is a East African Side-neck Turtle....
2006-06-20 18:38:18 · 3 answers · asked by ~Mrs.C 4 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
ok so i am pretty much crazy for talking to him then..lol he bobs his head up and down when i talk to him but he does it for no one else.
2006-06-20 18:48:14 · update #1
me 2 david
2006-06-20 19:17:45 · update #2
i love turtles
2006-06-20 19:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by David 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Turtles haveears, but seem to not respond to audible stimuli, only vibrations they can pick up through the shells. Since they only make simplistic noises at certain times, they just do not seem to assign any great importance to sounds.
Car rides? Side-necks are aquatic species... they should not be in dry cars for too long. Are you SURE this is a Sideneck?
2006-06-21 06:18:36 · answer #2 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that typically in amphibian populations neuromast are responsible for vibrations. They may not be able to necessarily "hear," but im sure they feel vibrations and gather the different pitches in them. . . low, high, medium, etc.
2006-06-20 18:42:31 · answer #3 · answered by Lian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋