Assertion: sea turtle's shell | /r/HasProperty | hard
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: except the leatherback species
type: OTHER
value: generally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: It has a hard shell and propels itself through the water with its powerful front flippers.
text: Like all turtles, they have hard upper shell called a carapace, and a bottom shell called a plastron.
text: A shell is a hard outer layer, which has evolved in a very wide variety of different animals, including molluscs, sea urchins, crustaceans, turtles and tortoises, and armadillos.
text: Green sea turtles can’t withdraw body parts into their shell like other species can, but their hard shell and tough skin still offer protection from predators.
text: The Leatherback Sea Turtle is the only species that doesn’t have the hard shell.
text: The most unique thing about the Leatherback Sea Turtle is that they don’t feature a hard shell.
text: Due to a very powerful jaw, loggerhead sea turtles can easily crush their prey or its hard shell.
text: Loggerhead sea turtle is the largest sea turtle having a hard shell.
text: The Olive Ridley sea turtle gets its name from the olive colour of its hard shell (carapace).
text: Do all sea turtles have hard shells?
text: Sea turtles have hard shells (called carapaces) that help protect them, but they still have predators.
text: The shell in tortoises is generally hard, and like other members of the suborder Cryptodira, they retract their necks and heads directly backwards into the shell to protect them.
text: Do all sea turtles have hard shells?
text: The shells are either oval or heart shaped and are very hard, except the leatherback species, which has a soft leathery tissue and a set of bony plates beneath it.
text: Moreover, the shell is devoid of ridges and is very hard.
text: Unlike freshwater turtles, sea turtles are not able to protect their legs, flippers and head by retracting them into their hard shell.