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Author Topic: Are tortoises related to the dinosaurs?  (Read 3296 times)
magoo
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« on: April 11, 2006, 02:59:19 PM »

I was just thinking about this - I'm sure I read somewhere that tortoises are really the closest living relatives to dinosaurs (well, maybe not relatives as such, but "from that era", whatever that means)
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« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2006, 02:40:06 AM »

I think its crocodiles or sharks.  I dont know about tortoises.
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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2006, 10:17:41 PM »

I don't think torts have changed their basic shape for over 200 million years or something like that. I doubt us humans will last anywhere near that long -  but thats another story!
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« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2006, 06:25:37 AM »

I think the photo of the tortoise - head only  its black eyes look like shark eyes so I  am wondering if tortoises are related to sharks in any way and come from dinosaurs originally. Huh
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« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2006, 12:13:48 PM »

Maybe - lots of reptiles have dark eyes though - you wont see a tortoise with blue eyes, thats for sure!

I think pretty much all reptiles are eveolved from the dinosaurs in some way, probably. Don't know the exact link though.
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