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how to differenciat between turtle & totoise2007-11-24 1:59:57Answers:

ok the biggest difference that will tell you the difference is that turtles spend thier life in salt water and other places such as marsh lands and stuff. tortoises on the other hand spend thier life around fresh water and on land. turtles have flippers, a smooth shell, and lay thier eggs in the water. Tortoises have feet, a rough shell (bumpy), and lay thier eggs on land!

here's a website for you:

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t.

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basically turtles live in the water (except box turtles)

and tortoises live on the land

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A tortoise has feet, and a turtle has flippers.

That's the biggest difference, although their shells and heads are shaped differently too.

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These are two names of different species of turtles.Tortoise moves very easily on earth whereas a turtle moves with difficulty on the earth.

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Turtles usually live in salt water and have large blade shaped flippers for swimming. They find it very hard to walk on land.

Tortoises usually live on land or in fresh water. They have legs rather than flippers and can walk quiet well on land.

These sites have a lot more information that is very interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/turtle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tortoise.

Hope that helps.

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First of all, please tell me what is a " totoise ".

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omg easy question,