Can a tortoise live without a shell?

This tortoise shell is equivalent to the bone of a tortoise, and the tortoise can't live without flesh and blood.

Turtle (Chincmys reevesii? ) is one of the turtles. Sometimes specific? Turtles are also called golden turtles, grass turtles, mud turtles and mountain turtles. Taxonomically, it belongs to reptiles, turtles and turtles, and is one of the common turtles. This is an ancient reptile. Its characteristic is that its shell is very strong. When attacked, turtles can retract their heads, tails and limbs into their carapace (except turtles and snapping turtles). Most sea turtles are carnivores, feeding on worms, snails, shrimp and small fish, as well as stems and leaves of plants. Turtles are distributed almost everywhere in China, but the yield in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is higher. It is also produced in various parts of Guangxi and Shandong, especially in southeastern and southern Guangxi. Foreign countries are mainly distributed in Japan, Brazil and North Korea.

The carapace of the male turtle is 94 ~ 168 mm long and 63.2 ~ 105 mm wide. The female carapace is 73.1~170mm long and 52 ~1/6.5mm wide. The head is of medium size, and its width is about 1/4 ~ 1/3 of the width of the carapace. The front of the head is smooth and the back is covered with polygonal fine lines and scales; The kiss is short, the end slightly exceeds the mandible, and it is obliquely cut inward; The edge of the upper beak is straight or slightly concave in the middle; The eardrum is obvious. The shell is relatively flat. There are three longitudinal edges, and the male adults have weak edges. The neck shield is small, slightly trapezoidal, and the trailing edge is wide; There are 5 vertebral guards, the first one is pentagonal with a width equal to or slightly greater than the width, and the second to fourth ones are hexagonal with a width greater than the length; Four rib guards, slightly wider or equal to the adjacent vertebral guards; Edge mask 1 1 pair; Hip shield 1 pair, rectangular.

The shields of crustaceans often split or deform, resulting in more shields than normal. The nail bridge is obvious, with axillary shield and crotch shield, and the size of axillary shield is quite different. The abdominal nail is flat, almost as long as the dorsal nail, with a slightly upturned front edge, a deep concave rear edge, and a wide front and a narrow back; The posterior middle part of the male abdominal nail is slightly concave; Laryngeal mask is nearly triangular; The outer edge of humeral shield is long and wedge-shaped; Abdominal shield seam > femoral shield seam > thoracic shield seam > laryngeal shield seam > anal shield seam > brachial shield seam. The limbs are slightly flat. There are large scales on the forearm and palmoplantar; Fingers and toes are webbed and claws, and the tail is short and small.