How Beautiful Are Turtles Shells, Pictures

Turtles' shells have a beautiful geometric pattern.

Regia Marinho
4 min readApr 10, 2022

9 Turtles and their interesting shells.

Image: facebook.com/GardenStateTortoise.

Tortoise and turtle shells by Garden State Tortoise.

𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐫𝐨𝐰 π₯𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐒𝐠𝐑𝐭: eastern box turtle, pancake tortoise, and Bell’s hinge back tortoise.
𝐌𝐒𝐝𝐝π₯𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐰 π₯𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐒𝐠𝐑𝐭: radiated tortoise, Florida box turtle, and Burmese star tortoise.
𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐨𝐰 π₯𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐒𝐠𝐑𝐭: spotted turtle, Bourret’s box turtle, and European pond turtle.

Turtles have been around for a long time. They were already there in the dinosaur age, and they are still alive today.

If a turtle lives long enough it can be as big as 1 meter in length and weigh 90 kilos!

A turtle’s shell has an important function. It protects the animal from predators and other dangers. Turtles can even withdraw their head and legs in the shell.

Photo by Abner abiu Castillo diaz on Unsplash

The turtle is the only animal that is completely covered with protective shells. A turtle’s shell is made of two parts: an upper piece…

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