2007-06-27 08:54:23 · 10 answers · asked by whiteas_gooddeeds 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
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.
2007-06-27 08:58:22 · answer #1 · answered by phrenitus 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Turtles live in water and a tortoise lives on land.
2007-06-27 08:58:00 · answer #2 · answered by pixieq4tay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the most part, the difference between a turtle and tortoise is more of a rough semantic category than a strict taxonomic separation.
2007-06-27 09:00:28 · answer #3 · answered by meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!(: 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the biggest is that neither are fish. Oh, you probably did no longer recommend to submit in this classification? Turtles are aquatic/land. They chop up their time between the two. in addition they do no longer stay as lengthy as tortoises, and that they stay smaller. Tortoises are basically land animals. The can stay one hundred+ years.
2016-10-19 01:52:35 · answer #4 · answered by dicken 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe turtles live in water; tortoises live mostly on land.
2007-06-27 08:56:44 · answer #5 · answered by ♫ Sweet Honesty ♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A turtle is aquatic and a tortoise is a land creature.
2007-06-27 08:59:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
simply..
turtle and tortoise both live on land and often go in water..
but
turtles goes in fresh water...while tortoise in salty one..!
thts it..
2007-06-27 09:11:26 · answer #7 · answered by Dr Hassan Hanif 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tortoises are land animals...turtles pretty much live in water.
kind of like frogs and toads....frogs need water, toads can live in the woods under a freakin leaf.
2007-06-27 08:56:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
turtles are amphibious, tortoises live on land only.
2007-06-27 13:06:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You left out Terrapin.
2007-06-27 15:33:58 · answer #10 · answered by ny21tb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋