From the August 31, 1935, issue
By Science News
TURTLE’S TANK-LIKE ARMOR NOT A CERTAIN DEFENSE
Overdevelopment of defensive armor has been demonstrated as a weakness and a snare time after time in the history of life on Earth, yet there are animals that persist in it still. Turtles and tortoises for millions of years have been depending on their horny cuirasses, disdaining the use of claws and teeth, or of long legs to run away when they cannot fight. Coupled with ability to conceal themselves in mud or under earth, plus a fair prolificness in reproduction, it has “got them by.”