Do turtles come out of there shell?

Answer 1

yes they do

Answer 2

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 provide the bony, heavy protection of other turtle shells. Instead, as you might guess from its name, the leatherback turtle’s back is covered with a leathery skin supported by tiny bones. This adaptation allows the turtle to dive up to 3,000 feet (900 meters) below the ocean surface. At this depth, the incredible water pressure would crush a turtle with a heavy shell and less flexible body.-http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-turtle.html

Answer 3

Not all the way but yes they are supposed to come out a little people say that just so kids dont cry when they see an empty turtle shell somewhere

Answer 4

Parts of their body come out of the shell, but the turtle as a whole cannot come out of the shell

Answer 5

Yes...only when they're dead. The shell is their skin. I raised two 10 year old Japanese turtles, and they do shed their shells as they grow bigger. If you touch their bodies, hands and feet, you could tell that it's all stuck to their shell. I feel that turtles coming out of their shell is just an animated imagination!

Answer 6

Not all the way. Their head, tail, and legs stick out while they are moving around. Please don't take them out of their shell, you will kill the turtle. Turtles are harmless creatures that are pretty cool to have around. Don't hurt the turtles.

Answer 7

no turtle do not come out of there shell there shell is attached to there bodys

Answer 8

Well... their heads and legs and tails... yeah.... but the entire body? No... or not supposed to. If you have a shelless turtle... it's dead... sorry... if you have a turtle that has never come out of it's shell... it's dead.... sorry

Answer 9

Only the head and legs come out.

Answer 10

no not all the way like a hermit crab or something it is part of their skeletol structure the only thing that comes out is their head, feet, tail, and well u know...

Answer 11

Not unless squashed...normally only the head, legs, tail