• Question: Zara, since you have studied sea turtles, what are there shells made from? Is it bone? :)

    Asked by charlie81 to Zara on 17 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Zara Gladman

      Zara Gladman answered on 17 Jun 2011:


      Great question, charlie81! 🙂 Sea turtles are awesome.

      The shell of a turtle is made of a hard protein called keratin. This is the same protein that me and you have in our hair and fingernails!

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