Assertion: box turtle | /r/CapableOf | close their shells
Facets:
value: almost completely
type: MANNER
value: tightly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: All Terrapene carolina hinged plastron (the part of shell under a turtle's belly) that allows box turtles to close their shells almost completely.
text: To escape from the predators, the box turtles are able to close the shell tightly for it is hinged at the bottom part.
text: All box turtles, Terrapene carolina spp., have a bridgeless, bilobed, hinged plastron that allows box turtles to close their shells almost completely!
text: Box turtles are well developed at birth; however they are not able to completely close their shells.
text: To defend themselves from predations, the box turtles will hide, close the shell and bite them.