Comment on English has too many words for animals

• meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Those clearly were tortoises though :D

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  • gnutrino@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Technically they’re terrapins (specifically red-eared terrapins).

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    • MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Teenage Mutant Ninja Terrapins
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Terrapins
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Terrapins
      Heroes in a half-shell, Terrapin Power!

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    • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So, tortoises, and thus also turtles…

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      • msfroh@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        But terrapins are not tortoises, since they’re semiaquatic, but are differentiated from common turtles by their presence in brackish water.

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