turtle shells
 

gives backrubs a whole new meaning... :evilgrin:

Yikes. Maybe this info wasn't such a good idea... :sweatdro:

just kidding! :D

Though it is interesting. And is good info for fanfics. But I can't imagine their shell would be AS sensitive as their skin, since they've had bullets and such ricochet off it.

they probably feel just stuff like in general areas. I hear the space between the shell and plastron can be--*ahem*--sensitive to touch...

:lol:

~Hrm..I can't think of where I've seen them actually have bullets ricochet off...though I could be wrong. Oh wait--- yeah, i've seen Raph's shell get grazed in the Mirage books-- Anyway, that definitely doesn't happen in my fanfic world....heh...
And as for that odd area between the shell and plastron-- real turltles don't have that. The shells fuse there and are only open at the head and tail-- where front and hind feet poke out. The movie turtles look like the shells are fused as well, but not the cartoon and Mirage shells. I think that area between the two would be sort of a liability in combat-- sort of a vulnerable place.
Bad for fighting, maybe not so bad otherwise......
~GW :roll:

Good point. I hadn't thought of that.

oooh... sensitive turtle shells... i am gonna have fun with this one! *snickers* btw, welcome, greenwillow. love your website!

:sweatdro: Me an' my big mouth -- er, keyboard...

Oh, don't feel too bad about it Kameko. I already knew and I haven't exploited it. Yet.

~Thank you (again!) Tinselcat! I'm seeing quite a few new websites I haven't explored yet now, too....gonna have to do that....

So am I like the only Really Weird Fan Fic Writer who really got into exploring what the TMNT would actually feel, taste, smell like if they were real? I mean, I had so much fun creating that real, tangible 3-dimensional feeling.

Ok....so maybe I'm a little too weird......nothing new about that....
:wink:

~GW

I've always wondered what they'd be like if they truly existed... Minus the "taste" part that GW mentioned. :razz: Don't worry, GW. You aren't the only weird one here. Almost every poster has a hint of insanity to 'em. All except me, of course.
*hears people muttering*
Okay fine, so I'm a bit crazy myself. Satisfied? :goofygri:

I remember Leonardo getting hit in the shell with a bullet. I think it was from the short story that Kevin Eastman did for Volume 1 of the collected books. I guess mutant turtles do have feelings on their shells, since Leonardo yelped out in pain.

poor leo... *pats leo on the head* okay, i'm gonna go harass donnie now... and yes, azure, you're just as nuts as everyone else!!

~Heh heh..kinda figured that. And maybe you don't have to take the "taste" part too literally...but you know what I mean. Like, if I rode on a subway, I'd want to pay attention to all the sights and sounds and smells-- record all the info sensorally (sp?) so I could describe it.

As a result my pet turtle Smiley is no doubt of the opinion that I am truly weird..... heh.......

~GW ("....there's that weird lady who keeps sniffing me....")

if there's a weird lady who sniffs you, you should shriek "you beast!!" and slap her! or hit her with your purse, if you have one. that'd teach her to stick her nose at other people!

~Well, he's a pretty non-violent turtle, actually. :lol:

~GW

No, real turtle DO have that sensitive area between plastron and Carpaces on their sides. My box turtle has it, except it;s like a small sliver. But if you happen to stick a fingernail into it, I'm sure it'll make em flinch!

Just that the TMNT have a bigger chest cavity, so it's stretched out more. But I doubt that area is no more sensitive to them as it is to us. Anyone's gonna be in pain if they got kicked in the ribs or the armpit... or squirm when tickled. :P

(yep, just doing my job to make any topic go back into a boring scientifc one again)