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Turtle Shells

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Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • Aria@lemmygrad.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Then explain this photograph.

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    • Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Image

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    • dditty@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Checkmate, nerds

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  • ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not inside my skin. I am my skin.

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    • Omgpwnies@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re a bundle of neurons piloting a skeleton inside a wetsuit

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    • cholesterol@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I am not up my ass. I am my ass.

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      • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m up your ass tho.

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    • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Now give me some sugar water

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  • eestileib@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They have nerves throughout their shells and can feel even gentle touch.

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    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hell yeah time to pet some turts

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      • hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Image
        SCNR

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  • Dasnap@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah? Then explain this, mister '''''''scientist'''''''

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    • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is just yet another example of legacy media lying to us.

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  • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So my head is not “inside” my skull but *is* my skull? Is the brain not a part of my head?

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    • PrimeErective@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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      • GlenRambo@jlai.lu ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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      • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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    • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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      • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Am I my skull? So I get to live as long as my skull is not decayed?

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    • Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can you put any external part of yourself inside your skull? That’s the difference.

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      • No_Change_Just_Money@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        *shows toungue and puts it back in

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      • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, any time you put something in your mouth. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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      • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’ve been trying but I’m still not flexible enough to reach.

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      • lauha@lemmy.one ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I can, though probably only once

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  • Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Idk I see a big cavity that would contain turtle…

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    • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, that’s for pregnant turtles.

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  • sirico@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s tortoise silly billy

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    • VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Turtoises are turtles ya dingbat

      britannica.com/…/whats-the-difference-between-a-t…

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    • drivepiler@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      All tortoises are turtles, umm… pedantic Frederick?

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      • Glitterbomb@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        youtu.be/MCx-BahDSGg

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  • hdnsmbt@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I feel like an annual reminder would be entirely sufficient, to be honest.

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    • abaddon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’d like to know who needs a daily reminder.

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  • KoboldKomrade@hexbear.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨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).

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    • jonasw@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why would I move a turtle?

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      • RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨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?

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  • ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Domed, exoskeleton, this is a beetle.

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    • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not an exoskeleton though. Those are ribs and a spine, covered in “scutes”, which are kind of horn-like scales.

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    • TeddyKila@hexbear.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Insufficient legs

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  • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    who should i trust? Nintendo or a random person on the Internet?

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Those are Koopa Troopas. They’re turtle-like, but not actual turtles.

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  • blindsight@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨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!

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  • FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Please don’t tap/knock on turtle shells. It would be like someone knocking directly on your bones.

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    • YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My bones are not weak, they can take it.

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      • FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Your bones are not weak but its still not a good excuse to abuse a turtle by knocking on its shell.

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      • Entropywins@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Surviving and getting pissed off are totally different things that can happen at the same time…

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s really easy to do, knock on your head. There’s just a thin layer of skin over the bone.

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  • manucode@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The English language makes it way too complicated. Just call all of them ‘shield toads’ and you’re good.

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  • Trashcan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s neat and all. But how do they retract their heads?

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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    • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Kinda looks like those vertical bones are part of a hinge joint.

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  • Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They can feel touch through their shells

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  • DandomRude@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What about Ninja Turtles?

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same deal.

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      • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Turtles *are a half shell.

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  • 1984@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I see no brain in this picture.

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  • Gnugit@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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    • TxzK@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “Turtle” can refer to both land and marine testudines

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      • manucode@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The English language makes it way too complicated. Just call all of them ‘shield toads’ and you’re good.

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      • Johandea@feddit.nu ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That depends on your flavour of English. See Wikipedia

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  • theangryseal@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I want to get him out though.

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    • umbraroze@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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  • thefrankring@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What about nija turtles?

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  • breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    the hollow space contains treasure

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  • iAvicenna@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wait so they can’t get out of their shells? But…

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  • Subverb@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wait, what? I’m wrapped around my skeleton?

    Queue Edgar Allen Poe

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  • Speculater@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “You know, there’s good eating in them things.”

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