The turtle shell is a shield for the ventral and dorsal parts of turtles (the order Testudines), completely enclosing all the turtle's vital organs and...
47 KB (5,059 words) - 09:49, 18 June 2025
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major...
127 KB (13,174 words) - 16:54, 22 May 2025
13–25 cm (5.1–9.8 in) long; the male is smaller than the female. The turtle's top shell is dark and smooth, without a ridge. Its skin is olive to black with...
143 KB (13,992 words) - 01:09, 16 June 2025
The ship's name derives from its covering that was said to resemble a turtle shell. Some historians have described it as a very early type of ironclad though...
14 KB (1,654 words) - 18:09, 26 June 2025
from other sea turtles by its sharp, curving beak with prominent tomium, and the saw-like appearance of its shell margins. Hawksbill shells slightly change...
54 KB (5,431 words) - 03:11, 23 June 2025
Trionychidae (redirect from Soft-shell turtle)
the shell. The light and flexible shells of these turtles allow them to move more easily in open water or on muddy lake bottoms. Having a soft shell also...
18 KB (1,748 words) - 01:57, 25 June 2025
flatback turtle, is found only in the waters of Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. Sea turtles can be categorized as hard-shelled (cheloniid)...
106 KB (11,749 words) - 21:10, 21 June 2025
are isolated by the animators. Both the raft and the turtle was created as CGI, and the turtle shell texture was created separately in Photoshop before...
24 KB (2,032 words) - 22:30, 25 June 2025
and sales. In 1990, a stage musical featuring the Turtles as a rock band, Coming Out of Their Shells, played 40 shows across the United States. The musical...
83 KB (7,626 words) - 23:08, 23 June 2025
Dermochelyidae. It can easily be differentiated from other modern sea turtles by its lack of a bony shell; instead, its carapace is covered by oily flesh and flexible...
87 KB (9,147 words) - 21:30, 22 June 2025
turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), also commonly known as the Red River giant softshell turtle, the Shanghai softshell turtle, the speckled softshell turtle,...
30 KB (2,990 words) - 05:37, 10 June 2025
The eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) is a subspecies within a group of hinge-shelled turtles normally called box turtles. T. c. carolina...
30 KB (3,168 words) - 06:14, 1 June 2025
Guilinggao (redirect from Turtle jelly)
the plastron (bottom shell) from the turtle Cuora trifasciata (commonly known as "three-lined box turtle", or "golden coin turtle", 金錢龜) and a variety...
7 KB (746 words) - 01:57, 4 May 2025
turtles. They are largely characterized by having a shell shaped like a dome, which is hinged at the bottom, allowing the animal to close its shell tightly...
14 KB (1,408 words) - 18:26, 1 June 2025
green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family...
108 KB (11,602 words) - 01:10, 27 May 2025
and Tsar Bomba. Most western sources denote it as the "turtle tank" for their unusual turtle shell appearance. Ukraine military also dubbed it a "mobile...
6 KB (498 words) - 00:34, 11 June 2025
The box turtle has a distinctive hinged lower shell that allows it to completely enclose itself, like a box. Its upper jaw is hooked. The turtle is primarily...
19 KB (1,844 words) - 06:02, 5 June 2025
combines two of the four celestial animals of Chinese mythology: the shell of a turtle with a dragon's body is promoted as a positive ornament in Feng Shui...
4 KB (337 words) - 21:45, 26 June 2025
and weaker carapace and plastron. While the shell of an adult box turtle is seldom fractured, the box turtle is still vulnerable to surprise attacks and...
25 KB (2,610 words) - 21:46, 1 June 2025
bone beneath it, as in other turtles, but this is absent at the outer edges. The light and flexible shell of this turtle allows it to move more easily...
25 KB (2,604 words) - 11:21, 11 June 2025
yellow to brown in color, and the shell is typically reddish brown. No external differences in sex are seen until the turtle becomes an adult, the most obvious...
97 KB (9,811 words) - 19:50, 9 June 2025
Tortoiseshell (disambiguation) (redirect from Tortoise-shell)
turtle, mainly the hawksbill sea turtle. Tortoiseshell or tortoise shell may also refer to: Turtle shell, the shell of a turtle or tortoise Tortoiseshell cat...
762 bytes (126 words) - 15:24, 10 January 2020
Mk III helmet (redirect from Mk III Turtle helmet)
It is sometimes referred to as the "turtle" helmet by collectors, because of its vague resemblance to a turtle shell, as well as the 1944 pattern helmet...
5 KB (661 words) - 15:47, 19 May 2025
shell rather than pulling it directly back. Chelodina longicollis is a species of freshwater turtle, commonly known as the eastern long-necked turtle...
12 KB (1,336 words) - 17:20, 25 May 2025
The Indian flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata) is a freshwater species of turtle found in South Asia. The "flap-shelled" name stems from the presence...
18 KB (1,872 words) - 19:11, 24 June 2025
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created by Peter...
61 KB (5,771 words) - 19:20, 26 May 2025
or the turtle-shell oracle is probably the earliest recorded form of fortune telling. The diviner would apply heat to a piece of a turtle shell (sometimes...
36 KB (4,076 words) - 22:17, 27 May 2025
Turtleback tomb (redirect from Turtle-back tomb)
Turtleback or Turtle-back tombs or turtle shell tombs (simplified Chinese: 龟壳墓; traditional Chinese: 龜殼墓; pinyin: guī ké mù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-khak-bōng;...
14 KB (1,486 words) - 06:31, 11 November 2024
giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii), also known commonly as Cantor's giant softshell turtle and the frog-faced softshell turtle, is a species of...
17 KB (1,658 words) - 16:03, 10 May 2025
lifespan and its shell, which to some symbolizes protection from any foe. In the cosmological myths of several cultures a World Turtle carries the world...
49 KB (5,826 words) - 12:58, 24 May 2025