Tingamarra Soft-shelled Turtle (not yet named)

Length: 50cm (shell only) Description: The Tingamarra Soft-shelled Turtle belongs to a group of turtles called trionychids, which ...
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Giant Softshell Turtle Facing Extinction After Last Known Female Dies

A dead reptile of its kind washed up on the shores of Dong Mo Lake in Vietnam, measuring 156 cm. long and weighing 93 kg. The Yangtze giant softshell turtle is now on the brink of extinction. On ...
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Ask Dr. Universe: Turtles’ shells are made up of their bones

Sometimes animated turtles seem to live inside their shells like it’s a tiny home. They may even hop out of the shell and run around. That’s funny in cartoons and games, but my friend Ryan Wagner told ...
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Do Sea Turtles Actually Feel It When You Touch Their Shells?

A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, as certain quirky cartoons have shown. The shell grows with the turtle, ...
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Sea turtles return to Anna Maria Island in full force

Volunteers have documented 237 nests so far this season ...
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The Living Record: What Turtle Shells Tell Us About a Changing Sea

Scuba Diving Snorkeling at Great Barrier Reef Cairns Port Douglas (Sea Turtle, Giant Clam, Hard Cora, Shark, School of Fish, Soft Coral, Great Visibility, Pufferfish)© Kitjapat Film/Shutterstock.com ...