What are the differences between a tairpin, a tortoise, and a turtle?

Question

What are the differences between a tairpin, a tortoise, and a turtle?

Answer 1

Tortoises live on land, and have legs. Turtles live in the ocean and have flippers. Terrapins live in or around fresh water, and have webbed feet.

Here's an example of each:

Leopard tortoise:

http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/sev...

Hawksbill turtle:

http://www.bowlingpages.net/shayna/wp-co...

Red-eared terrapin:

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/preview...

Answer 2

a tortoise is mostly a land animal...a turtle mostly a marine or aquatic...and a terrapin is half-half...both land and aquatic...

its most obvious in the turtles as they have flippers for swimming...

Answer 3

oderly i hope you're going to add on to that...

essentially.. yes it is based on where they live.. see above answer