Repair of injured turtle shells can be difficult and time-consuming ... The shell is composed of dermal bone covered with a tough keratin layer 1, comprised of individual scutes that can be ...

In a previous column, the author discussed the overall management of turtle shell injuries ... to the spinal column or pelvic or pectoral bones, respectively. Advanced imaging studies are ...

Alligator turtles are recognisable thanks to their armour-like shells, which give them a prehistoric ... their powerful jaws can snap through bone – so they should never be handled in the ...

Unlike most turtles, whose shells are made of expanded and fused bones that form a relatively solid dome, widely spaced bones that looked more like the rafters of a roof held up Protostega's ...

Is this adequate? The cat seems underweight to me, so I ask. J.N. Dear J.N., The most common causes for turtle shell defects are trauma, bacterial or fungal infections, poor hygiene sometimes ...

2 A tortoise by any other name A turtle refers to any reptile with a shell, so all tortoises are technically turtles, too. The main difference is that tortoises live only on land, while turtles ...

Imagine that your body is 10 times the size of your limbs. Each of your four legs are short, thick, round and tipped with long narrow claws. Your body is also your home that you carry around with ...