Comment on English has too many words for animals

• 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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    • Klear@quokk.au ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Fuck paraphyletic groups. All my homies hate paraphyletic groups.

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