tortoise vs. turtle
English translation: a simple answer
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|  Selected response from: eldira Indonesia Local time: 16:53 | ||||||
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| 3 +8 | a simple answer |
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| 4 +5 | Maybe this will help |
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| 4 +1 | cf. infra |
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| 4 | tortoise is a variety of a turtle |
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peer agreement (net): +5Maybe this will help Explanation: Turtle, Tortoise, and Terrapin: What’s the Difference? All turtles, tortoises, and terrapins are reptiles. Scientists often refer to them as chelonians, because they are in the taxonomic order called Chelonia (from the Greek word for tortoise). They all have scales, lay eggs, and are ectothermic. So why the different names? Those common names usually refer to differences in where the species live and how they use their habitat. But the names are also used differently in other parts of the world. For instance, in Australia only sea turtles are called turtles–everything else is called a tortoise! But here are some generally accepted differences between the types of chelonians. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-turtle.html Tortoises and turtles Tortoises and turtles are reptiles belonging to the order Cheonia (or the order Testudines, according to some classification systems). Tortoises and turtles are unique reptiles, having a shell that is a modified structure formed from their ribcage and vertebral column. http://animals.about.com/od/tortoisesandturtles/ |
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