Author: DanielVK

Sometimes people are surprised by this question but, like other reptiles, turtles fall! Although snakes regularly shed their entire skin in one piece, and lizards shed in large pieces, the shedding process looks very different in turtles because of their unique anatomy. The skin of the turtle is composed of small scales, from which they fall off in small pieces, though not so regularly as in other reptiles. Their shell is made up of small plates called scutes, and these are also shed—more often for younger turtles as they grow, and more often for adult turtles. If you ever notice…