2006-08-04 04:18:35 · 12 answers · asked by Julie! 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Both!
Its a bad day for that tortoise :-(
2006-08-04 04:22:42 · answer #1 · answered by mand 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they lose their shell, they die. The shell is a part of their body... it is not the same as a hermit crab living in a shell. Hermit crabs can leave their shell and move to different ones. A turtle/tortoise's shell is part of their bone structure.
They can't actually "lose" their shell.
2006-08-04 11:24:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dead. Turtles and tortoises have spines that are attached to their shells.
2006-08-04 13:45:26 · answer #3 · answered by Laur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny, homeless.
2006-08-04 11:23:41 · answer #4 · answered by lawsonmc11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will die without it's shell. It like taking your spinal cord out of your back. Umm how are you supposed to move? You're dead! Why do you ask?
2006-08-04 12:08:04 · answer #5 · answered by rustys_rider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their shell is with their body. Underneath the shell is their organs!! They will obviously die. They are not like those cartoons where they can leave their shell. they are attached to them. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO KILL THEM!!!
2006-08-04 11:32:06 · answer #6 · answered by Elf17 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's dead as the spine is part of the shell
2006-08-04 11:25:04 · answer #7 · answered by dixie.flatline 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's about to become soup.
2006-08-04 12:53:51 · answer #8 · answered by preacher55 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both, as well as dead.
2006-08-04 11:24:10 · answer #9 · answered by little_beth85 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that, and dead.
2006-08-04 14:37:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋