Comment on Turtle Shells

• GlenRambo@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Most ppl think they have a skeleton inside them. But If you think of you as your brain (as many would day). Then your actually inside your skeleton.

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  • PrimeErective@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Behold, a human

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    • theangryseal@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well, ehhhh, that’s true for some I suppose.

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• lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I get what they try to say. But it’s just funny that they correct a statement with another wrong statement.

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  • PrimeErective@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What part of the second statement is wrong? A turtle cannot survive without its shell, just like you could not survive without your skull. It is an intrinsic part of what allows it to function as a living organism, therefore the line between “turtle” and “shell” is a bit blurred

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    • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You cannot survive without air but you’re not air

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      • PrimeErective@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I mean yes, no one, human or turtle, can survive without the ecosystem of the earth, so you could really argue that the planet is the true organism and we are simply byproducts of its existence

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      • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You can bring extra air and survive just fine.

        You can’t bring an extra skull.

        Likewise, a hermit crab can bring an extra shell, but a turtle cannot bring an extra shell.

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  • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There are animals that inhabit shells, like a Hermit crab. This is different.

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