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Jarrah White 11-24-2003 03:55 AM

Question about the shells.
 
You don't have to be a rocket-scientist to know this, it's common sence; all members of the tortise family sleep inside their shells. But the turtles don't. This may sound like a stupid question but; if the turtles can duck their heads inside their shells in the movies, why do they not sleep inside them like all normal turtles do?

Taloniss 11-24-2003 08:30 AM

Because they're not normal turtles. They're mutants.

Travis 11-24-2003 10:22 AM

look at the size of their arms and legs....they wont fit.

Kali 11-24-2003 10:27 AM

Exactly. They aren't normal turtles. And even if they can, by some anatomical miracle, manage to duck their head into their shells in their humanoid form (nice bit of movie magic in the movies, but I can't see how they'd be able to do that with how big their heads were), I really can't see how they'd get the rest of their limbs in there.

Shadow 11-24-2003 10:49 AM

not only that, but i would take the cozy comfort of a memory foam pillow over the inside of a hard shell any day! Turtles sleep inside their shells for protection against other animals. The NINJA Turtles don't need to do that, because well, they relay on more than their tortise features.

Reznorite420 11-24-2003 04:49 PM

And you call yourselves TMNT fans...

Look at my reply in Relay's thread ;)

Jephael 11-24-2003 11:15 PM

If I recall, the original toon had acouple of moments where Michaelangelo would duck his head and all four limbs into his shell. He normally did this to protect himself when he was falling.

Savanti Romero 11-26-2003 03:15 PM

I think (if I recall correctly) that Don went inside his shell in Image #2 when he was falling into the city. I know Image is not "official continuity" but it is still cool.

Jamezer 11-27-2003 02:13 AM

they probably sleep outside of their shells, so that people will ask, "why?"


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