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Transcript: No outside parts to slow it down underwater. A pond turtle can fold its neck into its shell in an S shape, sea turtles can't do that. The plastron protects the turtle's abdomen when they walk swim. Pond turtles have flat feet, webbed toes for digging in the mud, tearing food and courtship. Sea turtles have broad flippers for swimming. They have no teeth, but the jagged beak catches, holds and slices food. The shell of a turtle, comprised of 59 to 61 bones, has plates known as scutes covering them. The shell is an extension of the animal's skeleton, attached to the turtle's spine and its rib cage. Types All About Franklin!!!! <3 Flippers Neck Nostrals The Carapace...or Upper Shell Ears They are near the top of the head so the turtle won't have to stick its head far out of the water to breath. Beak Scutes ThePlastron(UnderShell) Scales over both shells, made of keratin like fingernails.