what is the difference between a tortoise and a turtle?

Answer 1

A tortoise lives on land. They have short stumpy feet that look a lot like an elephant's. They are usually large(15" and up) and mostly veggitarian. Tortoises will drown if set in a deep enough dish of water. Its the common case of most beautiful baby torts. Someone thinks its a turtle and needs water and BAM there's a dead baby tort.

A turtle lives in water and on land. Most aquatic turtles stay in the water because they feel safer in there. They usually eat a meaty diet as babies(bugs, fish, amphibians, other small creatures). As adults, most prefer a leafier diet. Their feet are usually longer and their toes are webbed.

A box turtle lives on both land and in water, and is similar to a tortoise. However, they mostly eat insects. They are very cute, though.

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Answer 2

1.Turtles live near, in or around water. Tortoises, are dry land critters.

2.A turtle is a water reptile and a tortoise is a land reptile.

3Turtle has more white meat

4.A turtle has flippers, a tortoise has legs

5.A turtle head is when you need to s*hit so bad, the turd sticks its head out, like a turtle.

6.A tortoise lives more longer than a turtle.

7.I think a turtles is just smaller than a tortoise.

8.Turtles swim and walk faster.

Answer 3

A tortoise likes to live on land. Turtles like to live in the water. Some turtles only go on land just to breed. Turtles are omnivores while tortoises are herbivores.

Answer 4

hello krishna do u want me to the difference between a tortoise and a turtle ok a tortoise lives only in water a turtle lives both in water and on land

Answer 5

A division of reptiles, called chelonians, includes turtles, tortoises, and terrapins. For the most part, the difference between a turtle and tortoise is more of a rough semantic category than a strict taxonomic separation. Colloquially, both biologists and lay people use the word, "turtle" to mean all chelonians. In general, turtles live in or near the water and have adapted to swim by holding their breath underwater. Tortoises live primarily in arid regions, built for storing their own water supply and walking on sandy ground.

In a biological respect, a tortoise is a kind of a turtle, but not all turtles are tortoises. Tortoises occupy their own taxonomic family, called testudinidae. All types of land and aquatic turtles come in a wide range of sizes, colors, and shapes. Sometimes the name "terrapin" refers to those animals that fall somewhere between a turtle and tortoise, because they live in swampy areas or begin life underwater and eventually move to dry land.

Turtles may live in freshwater, the ocean, or brackish ponds and marshland. Their front feet might be fins or merely webbed toes with streamlined back feet to help them swim. Turtles have flatter backs than tortoises, and may spend all or part of their lives underwater. They mate and lay eggs underwater or on the shore. Some turtles sun themselves on logs, rocks, or sandy banks. During cold weather, they burrow in mud and go into torpor, a state similar to hibernation. Sea turtles migrate great distances. They are more often omnivorous, eating plants, insects, and fish.

Tortoises live entirely above water, only wading into streams to clean themselves or to drink. In fact, they could drown in deep or swift current. Their feet are hard, scaly, and nubby so it can crawl across sharp rocks and sand. Tortoises often have claws to dig burrows, which they occupy during hot, sunny weather or during sleep. Tortoises are mostly herbivorous, eating cactus, shrubs, and other plants that have a lot of moisture. They rarely migrate. Their shell forms a rounded dome, allowing the tortoise's limbs and head to withdraw for protection.

Answer 6

A turtle swims or lives in the but a tortoise doesn't and can't swim and lives only on land.

Answer 7

a tortoise ive on the land and turtle lives in the water

Answer 8

the difference between a turtle and a tortoise is as same as the difference between an alligator and the crocodile

Answer 9

tortoise live both on land n water while turtle live in water

Answer 10

tortoise is a female & turtle is a male