Three toed Box Turtles are rather shy animals found most often in the United States where they also happen to be relatively common household pets. Named Box Turtles because they can actually fully enclose themselves in their shells, it is little known that they are extremely poisonous if eaten. Due to a dangerously toxic mushroom in their diet, a group of boys in Mississippi became extremely ill after roasting and dining upon box turtles. Too bad; sounds delicious!