Twice as nice Twoheaded diamondback terrapin hatchlings with six legs in Massachusetts Steve Heaslip Cape Cod Times Look closer and this particular turtle is much rarer, it was born with Odontochelys is an early ancestor of the turtle Its halfshelled body illustrates an important point about the modern turtle it actually has two shells that develop totally separately while the turtle is still an embryo Both are extensions of the animal's skeleton, and together they are made of almost 60 bonesTurtle, tortoise, or terrapin Edit Although the word turtle is widely used to describe all members of the order Testudines, it is also common to see certain members described as terrapins, tortoises or sea turtles, as wellHow these names are used, if at all, depends on the type of English
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