no, maybe in some parts of the world not sure. nej, vi äter inte skolpaddor

Of course they do. It used to be found in cheap red white Campell's soup cans, as well as at fancy state dinners. What don't people eat?

We eat turtles all the time in Florida. Turtle soup is delicious. :P

Sköld means shield, padda means toad. Shield-toad.

Sköldpaddorna would be "the turtles" instead of just "turtles". It's the definite plural and so refers to specific turtles that the speaker has in mind, rather than turtles in general.