2007-01-15 23:47:30 · 9 answers · asked by smvm630 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Yes and no, if by home, you mean safe refuge from predators, yes, but if you mean where they sleep, yes and no. Wild water turtles usually have a hole in the bank or under a submerged log or rock where they sleep. Box turtles find somewhere out of the way and dig a shallow burrow. Gopher Tortoises (Florida's original condominium builder) dig burrows that average 15 feet long and 6 feet deep. Anywho......
2007-01-16 03:21:40 · answer #1 · answered by gimmenamenow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, ı had a turtle and it used to pull himself into the shell only when he felt that there was a danger.
İn usual he never got into it. I think to call the shell as the turtles home is not that correct.
2007-01-16 00:00:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's shell is part of it's body- the rib cage and breastbone specifically.
A turtle's HOME is a burrow, basking site, or other place it spends time.
To call a turtle's shell it's home is sort of like calling a fish's skeleton ITS home.
2007-01-16 04:25:29 · answer #3 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's according to how you look at it. Yes, it's home and it's protection. You can live without your home but a turtle could not live without it's shell.
2007-01-16 01:51:25 · answer #4 · answered by Henry 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the shell is bone. The top shell (called a carapace) is actually the backbone and ribs. A turtle cannot leave it's shell.
2007-01-16 05:06:56 · answer #5 · answered by beautifuljoe1313 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In reality his shell is his protection from predators. His home is the area in which he migrates.
2007-01-15 23:57:09 · answer #6 · answered by oilfieldinsultant 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to National Geographic, it is...
2007-01-15 23:54:59 · answer #7 · answered by poutine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-01-15 23:54:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES
2007-01-16 00:26:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋