You say turtle I say tortoise!!

i call them ninja turtles hehe... i'm fortunate enough to have been a very curious boy who likes to read a lot when growing up, so i do know the difference between turtles and tortoises your two little tortoises look kind of cute there..and i like the name 'speedy'. hehe.. and wow...i didn't know that tortoises cost so much in UK now for that kind of money you could maybe buy a tank full of tortoises here...

Hi Oldchem, I am saving hard to get a pair of tortoises myself right now. I had amassive one calledLucy when I was a child but like yours was stolen, we believe that it was the chinese people over the road but could never proof, I was heartbroken. I would rather a larger one as don't wish to keep in vivarium as they seem to do these days, my Lucy just used to wander round the garden bless and would quite often end up in the the rabbits at the side of the house too as we havea massive section then which was one large hutch and lots of rabbits, wonder why I have so many now lol. We did used to be able to get them but now with the certification process it is so expensive. If you ever breed these two remember I want one - ofcourse will pay. I have noticed too that the Americans call them turtles. Huggles. Ellie :)

When I was small, I thought that turtles have tender shells, whilst tortoises have harder outer surfaces and tend to be bigger.. Well, nowadays, I am more comfortable to call everything tortoises.. "You jump, I bounce"...

Honestly I don't know anything about either except they both have a shell and legs. There are many what we call box "turtles" come through our yard. I'll be sure and call them tortoise from now on. Maybe they won't look so mean then.

I also called as tortoise only, There are many stories on tortise, in tom and jerry tv programs.... Do you any one of them?

People who call a tortoise a turtle are ignorant of the difference which you stated quite accurately. A turtle is amphibious while a tortoise lives its life on dry land.

Hi, oldchem1. I have always called these type of animals turtles. I am familiar with the other name of it. I just don't use this term as often. Where did you find these turtles? I remember my uncle coming back home with a large turtle. I don't know where he got it from. He was always bringing back things when he would go and leave off.

It's just intellectual laziness on the part of us in the USA. Some of us are not going to take the time to learn the difference. Others don't care that there's a difference. It's the same thing with rabbits and hares. We may know there's a difference, but for us they're all rabbits.

Whatever you like to call it , it also still the family of turtles. The important is that you love and like to take care that animal. I also like to have it but it happen it did not come up to me in my life. Its rare also here in my place to have that. It is good to take care of this pet rather than the other but as what you have mentioned that it needs to have certificate as it is endangered species in your country as it is also in my place.

Hi oldchem1, you have a nice hobby. I ever heard that tortoise also can be pet animal. I think are so expensive. They are very pretty good.

They look lovely!!! My friend has one... named George lol... he is very slow, and he hides a lot in his shell, but always comes out for his food. I know she told me that he snaps a couple of times, so I don't really like the idea of handling him, but oddly I did handle her corn snake lol They are pretty expensive, I never knew they cost that much!!!

They are so cute,I want a tortoise now!! We have hamsters, guinea pigs, a corn snake, fancy mice and gerbils!!

I had a pet tortoise in the 1970s called Shaney. I don't think it lived very long though. I can't remember much about it, as I was young. They were quite common to have as pets at the time, but they are very rare now.

I have 2 tortoises, big tortoises, as big as my face. They've been my pet since i was a kid, now i don't really look after them, since they're big now. I agree. Turtles live in the sea and don't have fingers. I don't know if tortoise that expensive in UK.

I heard from a trainer that when a turtle is growing up their shell at their back are really breaking and a new shell replacing the old ones,and its so painful and nasty that they don't go out of their houses until its done but still they come out after with a very great improvement of themselves. I think your pet talks a lot about life just simply showing the changes in their lives. God bless you and more power.