Boy carves initials on turtle in 1965. Dad finds turtle alive 47 years later

[BlueCaliDem]

23. Turtle torture. Contrary to popular belief, a turtle shell isn't like our hair.

The can feel pain, heat, even the slightest touch. I know this for a fact since I have red-eared slider turtles and Red-foot tortoises. Just gently touch their shell and you'll see them react.

Poor turtle. He must've felt some mean pain when the little boy carved his initials in his shell. I don't blame the boy, though. Not everyone knows this little fact. I bet he even thought turtles can shed their shell, since people in that era actually believed when they found an empty turtle shell it was because the turtle shed it. No. It means the turtle had died.