Assertion: tortoise | /r/CapableOf | retract their limbs
Facets:
value: into its shell
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to protect themselves
type: PURPOSE
value: including their tails
type: OTHER
value: to protect itself
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Tortoises retract their limbs into their shell to protect themselves from predators.
text: Tortoises have a hard outer shell to protect them from predators but the skin on the legs, head and belly of the tortoise is quite soft so the tortoise is able to retract its limbs into its shell to protect itself.
text: But if the tortoise has managed to retract its head, neck and limbs into its shell, the predator will simply carry its prey to its den to deal with it later.
text: Tortoises can retract their heads and all their limbs including their tails into their shells when they feel threatened or attacked by predators
text: Tortoises retract their limbs into their shell to protect themselves from predators.
text: Tortoises extending and retracting their limbs are mentioned allegorically in regards to drawing in the senses from external objects,    hiding weaknesses,  withdrawing desires,    cosmological creation and destruction,  reincarnation, and understanding
text: As illustrated throughout this article, the tortoise extending and retracting its limbs is often mentioned allegorically in the Itihāsa (epics) and Puranas in regards to various subjects, particularly self-control and detachment.