tortoise and turtle shell sizes

Why is a tortoise's shell bigger than a turtle's shell?

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Nov 18, 2010
 Tortoise Shell Size
by: Shelly

The shell is part of the skeleton. Each animal's shell is the size it is because of the overall size of the animal, just as each person's skeleton is the size it is because of a variety of factors that determine the size of each person.

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