What would a turtle or tortoise look like without its shell?

Answer 1

It wouldn't look a turtle....thats for sure!

Answer 2

Of course turtles shed! They shed so they can grow bigger!!! Every reptile sheds! As for her biting the dock, its because she needs calcium. Does she have a cuttle bone in the water? They need that to chew on so they can get calcium to grow a healthy shell. Just incase you dont know much about turtles which you said, read all of thids and make sure you have a coreecet setup!You will need to get a 50 gallon starter tank and upgrade to a 75 gallon later on when your turtle is over 6 inches...If you can not get that big of a tank right now then for now you can use a huge rubbermaid container filled up with clean warm water 3/4 of the way. ( i recomend you get all of the supplies BEFORE you adapt the turtle!) The water should be 75-82F, that can be achieved by buying a water heater at the petstore, along with a water filter. Water filters that are best are canister filters, like the Rena xp3 filter which costs $200, but filters very well. Do buy a filter please, even a cheap one at $25, is better then none at all, since turtles are extremely messy and poop-ful (haha). The bottom of the tank should be bare, no gravel because they could choke on that mistakiing it for food. On top of the water you need 3 things, 1. a basking dock ( buy a large size zoomed basking dock). 2. you 100% need to buy a basking lamp+bulb, you buy them separatly, then screw the bulb in ( 50 watts) and shine it on the basking dock over a mesh hood( cut a hole out of it and place the light there!). 3. This is very important, you need a uvb light. It is a long thin light, you need to get the actual lamp+ the long skinny bulb. Reptosun 5.0 is the best bulb( together costs $55). Shine that onto the basking dock as well. Turtles need these together because they use the uva for heat, so they stay warm ( the basking site should be 90-95F, not colder) and they need the uvb rays to metabolize calcium and vitamin d3 for a stronger shell ( like you need it for your bones!) The diet for the turtle should be reptomin pellets ( and other nutricuos pellets!) crickets, mealworms, bloodworms, shrimp, and krill. All of this is found dead at the petstore!;) They also need vegetation, get kale, mustard greens, romaine lettuce, and collard greens. Drop all of the food in the tank once a day, and remove any leftover bits after a few hours. By the way ALL of the protien food ( dead food, that was alive once) should be dusted with a calcium supplement ( powder) and you need to get a cuttlebone found in the bird aisle of the petstore and drop it in the water for him to knaw on, keep it there for a while (month) until he eats all of it, then get another. Once all of these things are done your turtle will be pretty happy

Answer 3

The shell is the turtle's rib cage and sternum, and is covered with skin.

It would look a lot like you would look without about 1/2 of your skin or your rib cage.

This is not like a snail's shell or something that can possibly come off- this is the turtle's actual body in there.

Answer 4

the shell of a tutle or tortoise is the support structure for for its internal organs. without the shell the result would be a colapse of the inside of the reptile and ultimately death.

Answer 5

St Nino stoled my answer LOL
Guess great minds think alike.

Answer 6

I found a pic of one before it evolved to its shell
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l231/reefadict/dadsmodels139.jpg?t=1184846156

Answer 7

A wrinkled up old guy, or lady..

Answer 8

A fat, bloody, sluggish lizard.

Answer 9

a dead thing

Answer 10

naked!!