Amazin' Amazon Mystery Animals
Mystery Animal #17 - Answer: Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle

A turtle, of course, provides its own shelter. Eggs are protected by the shelter of the shell. So when turtles-to-be are inside egg shells inside their mother, they are like houses (turtles-to-be) inside of houses (eggs) inside of a house (mother turtle), which is where the title of this riddle-like poem comes from. Of course, Amazon River turtles spend most of their time in the water, so the house becomes a houseboat.

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