Assertion: box turtle's shell | /r/HasProperty | hinged
Facets:
value: underneath
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Box turtles are most famous for their hinged shell, which allows them to retract almost completely into their bony armor to hide from danger.
text: Compared to other animals, turtles have different muscle structures, and many of their bones (like the ribs) are replaced by a protective shell (which is hinged underneath, allowing the animal to close its shell tightly to escape predators).
text: Box turtles have a hinged shell, meaning they can completely close themselves in their shell.
text: The bottom shell of a box turtle (the plastron) is hinged.
text: Box turtles are most famous for their hinged shell, which allows them to retract almost completely into their bony armor to hide from danger.
text: These turtles, which grow up to about six inches long, are called box turtles because the lower shell (plastron) is hinged which allows the turtle to completely close up if bothered by predators.
text: Compared to other animals, turtles have different muscle structures, and many of their bones (like the ribs) are replaced by a protective shell (which is hinged underneath, allowing the animal to close its shell tightly to escape predators).
text: Box turtles are most famous for their hinged shell, which allows them to retract almost completely into their bony armor to hide from danger.
text: Box turtles are most famous for their hinged shell, which allows them to retract almost completely into their bony armor to hide from danger.
text: The desert box turtle has a hinged shell similar to other box turtles that allows it to completely close its shell to protect itself.
text: When threatened, three-toed box turtles pull their heads and limbs inside their hinged shells, which clamp shut so tightly that you can’t even pass a blade of grass between the carapace (upper shell) and plastron (lower shell).