If a turtle saw another turtle was flipped upside down, would it flip it back up?

We will 1st ask, if a turtle were flipped upside-down on its shell, will it be able to flip itself back up? That depends on the species of the turtles. Which also depends on their neck length and shell shape. Turtles with highly-domed shells have an easier time flipping over than ones with flatter shells. So yes, some turtles when flipped upside down, are just left to die in the desert.

But if another turtle saw another turtle flipped upside down on their shell, will it help that turtle? You guys ever wonder about stuff like that? You know, do they have a "I'm a turtle, you're a turtle, we're in a world of non-turtles, therefore, we should stick together?"

Well, the answer is apparently not. Turtles are very independent species. In fact, in many tortoise species, male tortoises will combat each other for territory and will actively try to flip each other upside down. They often have spur-like projections that they use in combat to flip other males over. Desert tortoise males in the Mojave Desert often combat on rocky terrain. Usually, the male that gets flipped over loses the territory (aka gets fucked in the ass), but may still be able to turn right-side up. However, when they can’t flip upright, they may succumb to the desert heat, or to predators.

Now if you were me, I asked questions like, what about male to female turtles, female to male, or better yet, mother-to-son or turtles that are siblings? Will those turtles help flip them back?

And, the fact that I had asked those questions, showed I absolutely knew nothing about turtles and had a misleading worldview about them. So generally, there is no cooperation to help flop another turtle right-side up, whether they are male or female. Each turtle has its own limited energy reserve (affected by temperature) and they are not likely to use their energy to help another turtle flip over. Oh yea, turtles also don't know their mothers or siblings. When the mother lays the eggs, she doesn't wait for them to hatch, she takes off. Once they hatch out of their eggs, they take off independently. So they are not raised by their mother. Turtle hatchlings are on their own from the start. On the Wikipedia article for turtles, says the only major turtle-on-turtle communication is when males court females.

However, some questions that I still have, that herpetologists don't quite know, is how to turtles react when they are pets, and forced to live together. As well as, how do mother turtles bond with their hatchlings when they are forced to be with each other in a cage.

So therefore turtles are quite an ebk species don't you think. With no allies. Their whole life. But this lack of communication and lack of family-bonding (from birth) is common among reptiles.