Tortoises can feel their shells. A mechanoreceptive innervation in the superficial layers of the shell is sensitive to touch and vibrations

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Box turtles are so-called because they can completely close up their shell, much like a box.

There is a 'hinge' located on the plastron, or the bottom part of the shell, that allows for total closure until danger has passed.

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The Golden Tortoise Beetle (Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis).

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