haha loco i know what a terrapin is and thanks for trying to educate me but what i posted has everything to do with the softshell pic posted...as its the article that the orignal pic posted here is attached to translated into english...thus in my first post of the article i have the lil parathesis saying where each pic in that article goes to each caption...so others dont have to look back here is the article one more time...
trust me this is accurate translation...
About the terrapin
The terrapin according to of the appearance is the companion of the turtle. There is the description which in the book of the Edo era has been made already for food. It makes around early Meiji era, presently Shizuoka prefecture, Tottori prefecture and Saga prefecture, is cultivated considerably in the prefecture and Nara prefecture etc that cultivation starts.
The place where the terrapin is different from the other turtle first is that shell. As for the normal turtle the shell like the stone the shell of the terrapin is soft vis-a-vis being hard, is covered with the smooth skin. It means that the neck extends next very long. Because the terrapin is the reptilia, you breathe with the lung. In other words it is necessary the water air to breathe periodically, but that time stretching the neck long, you breathe with the nose.
As for the terrapin when very with the myrmecophile animal charm, the tank is watched, there are no times when you grow tired. That it is accustomed to the person generally, it is assumed that it is unusual, but the terrapin of marine products promotion center having been accustomed well, the feed is eaten from the pincette which the staff presents.
Furthermore, opening time, close day corresponds to marine products promotion center
Terrapin your every day
The terrapin dives into sand well. Warm season moves about actively, eats the feed, but the winter diving into sand, one Japan and China there are also times when it does not come out. If the terrapin it comes to view, warm season is the male is completed.
Recently when it became too large, the consequence which is accustomed to environment, it does not dive into sand excessively. As for terrapin you it can see with anytime, (2007 February 18th postscript).
The [tsu], the feed giving? Just a little breath patch… [n]…It called?
Terrapin your meal scenery
The [tsu], it is the feed It receives and the [ma] - does [pa] [ku] [tsu] Cover forcing
Lovely terrapin you please cross over to the Hiroshima city marine products promotion center by all means in view.