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Turtle?

DisparateDreamerDisparateDreamer Posts: 2,511
edited December 1969 in The Commons

I can't seem to find a turtle- one for land- anywhere. Sea turtle, Sea dragon turtle, tortoise...but no land turtle.

Anyone know where a turtle prop or model is available? Thanks. I have the Daz tortoise but i need a land turtle :)

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,436
    edited December 2013

    What is the difference? I thought land turtle was just Americanese for tortoise.

    Post edited by Richard Haseltine on
  • EleleElele Posts: 1,097
    edited December 1969

    I think a land turtle has feet as opposed to flippers. Kinda like a dino in a shell.

  • EnchantedPixieEnchantedPixie Posts: 478
    edited December 1969

    They have the Galapagos Turtle here !

  • DisparateDreamerDisparateDreamer Posts: 2,511
    edited December 1969

    Not exactly. Turtles generally live around water- ponds, lakes, swamps. Their feet are fins, or clawed or webbed or a combination. Growing up we had swamp land that had a host of snapping turtles. Turtles are usually flatter shelled. Most of them spend at least part of their time in the water.

    Tortoises have big high shells and blunt feet and are almost entirely land bound- not swimmers.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,221
    edited December 1969

    belovedalia said:
    Not exactly. Turtles generally live around water- ponds, lakes, swamps. Their feet are fins, or clawed or webbed or a combination. Growing up we had swamp land that had a host of snapping turtles. Turtles are usually flatter shelled. Most of them spend at least part of their time in the water.

    Tortoises have big high shells and blunt feet and are almost entirely land bound- not swimmers.


    Oh, you mean fresh-water turtles, also called terrapins. Around here (Tennessee) we have snapping turtles, soft-shelled turtles, and painted turtles in the creek behind my house. Those alligator snappers are some wicked reptiles. :)
    I did a search in all my usual sources but came up empty.
    I hope someone else can find one for you. Good luck!
    Alligator_Turtle_4.jpg
    1040 x 650 - 208K
  • EleleElele Posts: 1,097
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    belovedalia said:
    Not exactly. Turtles generally live around water- ponds, lakes, swamps. Their feet are fins, or clawed or webbed or a combination. Growing up we had swamp land that had a host of snapping turtles. Turtles are usually flatter shelled. Most of them spend at least part of their time in the water.

    Tortoises have big high shells and blunt feet and are almost entirely land bound- not swimmers.


    Oh, you mean fresh-water turtles, also called terrapins. Around here (Tennessee) we have snapping turtles, soft-shelled turtles, and painted turtles in the creek behind my house. Those alligator snappers are some wicked reptiles. :)
    I did a search in all my usual sources but came up empty.
    I hope someone else can find one for you. Good luck!

    DINO IN A SHELL!!! :D

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,533
    edited December 1969

    maybe identify him or her first http://emys.geo.orst.edu/default.html
    so we can see which one it is
    Sooooo many :lol:

  • Black-CarrieBlack-Carrie Posts: 23
    edited December 1969

    Noggin sells a Tortoise over Renderosity.

  • DisparateDreamerDisparateDreamer Posts: 2,511
    edited December 1969

    Thanks guys, Content Paradise has a couple turtles. The ones i'm most familiar with is the snapping turtle from the East Coast US.... mostly because one bit me once when I tried the kindness of getting it off the highway :P

  • XenomorphineXenomorphine Posts: 2,421
    edited December 1969

    Yeah, they're all just 'turtle' in American culture. :) In British-English, shell-wearing reptiles go mostly like this:

    Lives in the sea: Turtle.
    Lives on land: Tortoise.
    Amphibious and fresh-water: Terrapin.

  • TjebTjeb Posts: 507
    edited December 1969

    "Turturus Iaunia Angolia"
    ..... but you don't want this...

    Turtle.jpg
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  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,644
    edited December 1969

    Xenomorphine said:
    Yeah, they're all just 'turtle' in American culture. :) In British-English, shell-wearing reptiles go mostly like this:

    Lives in the sea: Turtle.
    Lives on land: Tortoise.
    Amphibious and fresh-water: Terrapin.

    Not true! If you're a biologist nationality does not matter!

    Parry Gripp has this helpful video to distinguish between them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRWAFQqQY9Y

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,221
    edited December 2013

    SickleYield said:
    Xenomorphine said:
    Yeah, they're all just 'turtle' in American culture. :) In British-English, shell-wearing reptiles go mostly like this:

    Lives in the sea: Turtle.
    Lives on land: Tortoise.
    Amphibious and fresh-water: Terrapin.

    Not true! If you're a biologist nationality does not matter!

    Parry Gripp has this helpful video to distinguish between them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRWAFQqQY9Y
    Thanks, SY. I have a Bachelor of Science in Biology (now retired) and you are correct. :)
    @ Xenomorphine: Love your avatar. :)

    Post edited by TJohn on
  • KeryaKerya Posts: 10,943
    edited December 1969

    Turtles ...

    Not free
    http://www.contentparadise.com/productDetails.aspx?id=561
    http://www.contentparadise.com/productDetails.aspx?id=433
    http://www.contentparadise.com/productDetails.aspx?id=18342

    Free
    http://www.3dxtras.com/3dxtras-free-3d-models-details.asp?prodid=9203
    http://www.3dcadbrowser.com/download.aspx?3dmodel=67141
    http://www.3dcadbrowser.com/download.aspx?3dmodel=45460 (no texture)
    http://archive3d.net/?a=download&id=5ca9a760

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