I’m not inside my skin. I am my skin.
Turtle Shells
Submitted 6 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You’re a bundle of neurons piloting a skeleton inside a wetsuit
cholesterol@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I am not up my ass. I am my ass.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m up your ass tho.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Now give me some sugar water
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
They have nerves throughout their shells and can feel even gentle touch.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Hell yeah time to pet some turts
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Dasnap@lemmy.world 6 months ago
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This is just yet another example of legacy media lying to us.
lowleveldata@programming.dev 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 months ago
Am I my skull? So I get to live as long as my skull is not decayed?
Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Can you put any external part of yourself inside your skull? That’s the difference.
No_Change_Just_Money@feddit.de 6 months ago
*shows toungue and puts it back in
samus12345@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, any time you put something in your mouth. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ve been trying but I’m still not flexible enough to reach.
lauha@lemmy.one 6 months ago
I can, though probably only once
Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Idk I see a big cavity that would contain turtle…
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yes, that’s for pregnant turtles.
sirico@feddit.uk 6 months ago
That’s tortoise silly billy
VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Turtoises are turtles ya dingbat
drivepiler@lemmy.world 6 months ago
All tortoises are turtles, umm… pedantic Frederick?
Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 6 months ago
hdnsmbt@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I feel like an annual reminder would be entirely sufficient, to be honest.
abaddon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’d like to know who needs a daily reminder.
KoboldKomrade@hexbear.net 6 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 6 months ago
Why would I move a turtle?
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 6 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 6 months ago
Domed, exoskeleton, this is a beetle.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 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 6 months ago
Insufficient legs
expatriado@lemmy.world 6 months ago
who should i trust? Nintendo or a random person on the Internet?
samus12345@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Those are Koopa Troopas. They’re turtle-like, but not actual turtles.
blindsight@beehaw.org 6 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 6 months ago
Please don’t tap/knock on turtle shells. It would be like someone knocking directly on your bones.
YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My bones are not weak, they can take it.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 6 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 6 months ago
Surviving and getting pissed off are totally different things that can happen at the same time…
samus12345@lemmy.world 6 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 6 months ago
The English language makes it way too complicated. Just call all of them ‘shield toads’ and you’re good.
Trashcan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s neat and all. But how do they retract their heads?
samus12345@lemmy.world 6 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 6 months ago
Kinda looks like those vertical bones are part of a hinge joint.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They can feel touch through their shells
DandomRude@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What about Ninja Turtles?
samus12345@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Same deal.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Turtles *are a half shell.
1984@lemmy.today 6 months ago
I see no brain in this picture.
Gnugit@aussie.zone 6 months ago
[deleted]TxzK@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
“Turtle” can refer to both land and marine testudines
manucode@infosec.pub 6 months ago
The English language makes it way too complicated. Just call all of them ‘shield toads’ and you’re good.
Johandea@feddit.nu 6 months ago
theangryseal@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I want to get him out though.
umbraroze@lemmy.world 6 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 6 months ago
What about nija turtles?
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 6 months ago
the hollow space contains treasure
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Wait so they can’t get out of their shells? But…
Subverb@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Wait, what? I’m wrapped around my skeleton?
Queue Edgar Allen Poe
Speculater@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“You know, there’s good eating in them things.”
Aria@lemmygrad.ml 6 months ago
Then explain this photograph.
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Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 months ago
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dditty@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Checkmate, nerds