Frens

Do turtles not have their shells for any particular reason? They're just a fashion statement?

Hmm. Domesticated cat with clipped claws, versus an animal with scales on its head and legs.
Apparently it’s an obvious bloodbath and no two animals of the same species can ever be friends. I guess all those animal friendships I’ve seen are baloney

Who said anything like that?
I'm just saying that that the turtle needs it's shell, and that friends don't make friends skin and debone themselves