I’m not inside my skin. I am my skin.
Turtle Shells
Submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You’re a bundle of neurons piloting a skeleton inside a wetsuit
cholesterol@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I am not up my ass. I am my ass.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m up your ass tho.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 11 months ago
Now give me some sugar water
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
They have nerves throughout their shells and can feel even gentle touch.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hell yeah time to pet some turts
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Dasnap@lemmy.world 11 months ago
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is just yet another example of legacy media lying to us.
lowleveldata@programming.dev 11 months ago
So my head is not “inside” my skull but *is* my skull? Is the brain not a part of my head?
PrimeErective@startrek.website 11 months ago
What part of you makes you? Is it just your brain?
Anyway, I think what they’re getting at is that the shell is actually their spine, not like some extra thing that grows on top of their spine.
GlenRambo@jlai.lu 11 months 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.
lowleveldata@programming.dev 11 months ago
I get what they try to say. But it’s just funny that they correct a statement with another wrong statement.
flora_explora@beehaw.org 11 months ago
I think the right analogy would be to say “you are not inside your skull, you are your skull”. And I would count this as a more or less correct statement.
lowleveldata@programming.dev 11 months ago
Am I my skull? So I get to live as long as my skull is not decayed?
Empricorn@feddit.nl 11 months ago
Can you put any external part of yourself inside your skull? That’s the difference.
No_Change_Just_Money@feddit.de 11 months ago
*shows toungue and puts it back in
samus12345@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, any time you put something in your mouth. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve been trying but I’m still not flexible enough to reach.
lauha@lemmy.one 11 months ago
I can, though probably only once
Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Idk I see a big cavity that would contain turtle…
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes, that’s for pregnant turtles.
sirico@feddit.uk 11 months ago
That’s tortoise silly billy
VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Turtoises are turtles ya dingbat
drivepiler@lemmy.world 11 months ago
All tortoises are turtles, umm… pedantic Frederick?
Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 11 months ago
hdnsmbt@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I feel like an annual reminder would be entirely sufficient, to be honest.
abaddon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’d like to know who needs a daily reminder.
KoboldKomrade@hexbear.net 11 months ago
Also, please do not move turtles unless they are immediately in danger or in your way. They’re probably fine and just goofing around (laying eggs, moving, or looking for food).
jonasw@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Why would I move a turtle?
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t. Not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that, Jonas?
ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 11 months ago
Domed, exoskeleton, this is a beetle.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
It’s not an exoskeleton though. Those are ribs and a spine, covered in “scutes”, which are kind of horn-like scales.
TeddyKila@hexbear.net 11 months ago
Insufficient legs
expatriado@lemmy.world 11 months ago
who should i trust? Nintendo or a random person on the Internet?
samus12345@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Those are Koopa Troopas. They’re turtle-like, but not actual turtles.
blindsight@beehaw.org 11 months ago
I learned from Franklin books and Mario games that you’re wrong. A picture showing a clear cavity where a turtle could pop out won’t convince me!
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Please don’t tap/knock on turtle shells. It would be like someone knocking directly on your bones.
YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 11 months ago
My bones are not weak, they can take it.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Your bones are not weak but its still not a good excuse to abuse a turtle by knocking on its shell.
Entropywins@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Surviving and getting pissed off are totally different things that can happen at the same time…
samus12345@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s really easy to do, knock on your head. There’s just a thin layer of skin over the bone.
manucode@infosec.pub 11 months ago
The English language makes it way too complicated. Just call all of them ‘shield toads’ and you’re good.
Trashcan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s neat and all. But how do they retract their heads?
samus12345@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And feet, especially box turtles. Some species can indeed go inside their shells - while still being a part of the shell itself, of course.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Kinda looks like those vertical bones are part of a hinge joint.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They can feel touch through their shells
DandomRude@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What about Ninja Turtles?
samus12345@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Same deal.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Turtles *are a half shell.
1984@lemmy.today 11 months ago
I see no brain in this picture.
Gnugit@aussie.zone 11 months ago
[deleted]TxzK@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
“Turtle” can refer to both land and marine testudines
manucode@infosec.pub 11 months ago
The English language makes it way too complicated. Just call all of them ‘shield toads’ and you’re good.
Johandea@feddit.nu 11 months ago
theangryseal@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I want to get him out though.
umbraroze@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s illegal, if I were to be a dictator! Look, if were to be a Dictator of the World, there would be only one overarching Law: If Turtles decide to go out of their shells, they shall leave a little sign around that says “out for lunch” or something equally thoughtful.
thefrankring@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What about nija turtles?
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 11 months ago
the hollow space contains treasure
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wait so they can’t get out of their shells? But…
Subverb@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wait, what? I’m wrapped around my skeleton?
Queue Edgar Allen Poe
Speculater@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“You know, there’s good eating in them things.”
Aria@lemmygrad.ml 11 months ago
Then explain this photograph.
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Empricorn@feddit.nl 11 months ago
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dditty@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Checkmate, nerds