Peeling My Turtle's Shell?!

The core discovery for a curious mind 🐢 The video shows a natural physiological phenomenon common in healthy aquatic turtles: the shedding of scutes. In the video, the owner is gently helping a turtle peel off an old scute that has already lifted from its carapace and looks like a thin, translucent piece. 🐢 As the turtle grows, new, larger scutes form underneath the old ones. When the new scutes are fully developed, the old ones naturally separate from the layer below, lift up, and eventually fall off completely, like thin pieces of plastic. The process is similar to how a snake sheds its skin. The peeling action in the video is only performed on a scute that has already become naturally loose. 🐢 This phenomenon, which might look like 'peeling paint,' is actually a necessary and natural process for the turtle to accommodate its growth and keep its shell clean and healthy—like changing into new clothes.