Turtle Parts Carapace-top shell, an outgrowth of bone. Flippers-pond turtle has flat feet, webbed toes for digging in mud, tearing food, courtship, sea turtle has broad flippers for swimming. Plastron-bottom shell  Scutes-scales over both shells, made of keratin like your fingernails  Neck-pond turtle can fold neck into its shell in S-shape, sea turtle can't Nostrils-near the top of head so turtle won't have to stick head far out of water to breathe  Beak-no teeth, but jagged beak catches, holds, and slices food Ears-no outside parts to slow it down underwater
Updated April 29, 2008.
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