I’m not inside my skin. I am my skin.
Turtle Shells
Submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 2 years ago
You’re a bundle of neurons piloting a skeleton inside a wetsuit
cholesterol@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I am not up my ass. I am my ass.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I’m up your ass tho.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 years ago
Now give me some sugar water
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
They have nerves throughout their shells and can feel even gentle touch.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Hell yeah time to pet some turts
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Dasnap@lemmy.world 2 years ago
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 2 years ago
This is just yet another example of legacy media lying to us.
lowleveldata@programming.dev 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago
Am I my skull? So I get to live as long as my skull is not decayed?
Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 years ago
Can you put any external part of yourself inside your skull? That’s the difference.
No_Change_Just_Money@feddit.de 2 years ago
*shows toungue and puts it back in
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Yeah, any time you put something in your mouth. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I’ve been trying but I’m still not flexible enough to reach.
lauha@lemmy.one 2 years ago
I can, though probably only once
Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
Idk I see a big cavity that would contain turtle…
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Yes, that’s for pregnant turtles.
sirico@feddit.uk 2 years ago
That’s tortoise silly billy
VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz 2 years ago
Turtoises are turtles ya dingbat
drivepiler@lemmy.world 2 years ago
All tortoises are turtles, umm… pedantic Frederick?
Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 2 years ago
hdnsmbt@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I feel like an annual reminder would be entirely sufficient, to be honest.
abaddon@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I’d like to know who needs a daily reminder.
KoboldKomrade@hexbear.net 2 years 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 2 years ago
Why would I move a turtle?
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years 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 2 years ago
Domed, exoskeleton, this is a beetle.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 years 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 2 years ago
Insufficient legs
expatriado@lemmy.world 2 years ago
who should i trust? Nintendo or a random person on the Internet?
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Those are Koopa Troopas. They’re turtle-like, but not actual turtles.
blindsight@beehaw.org 2 years 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 2 years ago
Please don’t tap/knock on turtle shells. It would be like someone knocking directly on your bones.
YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 2 years ago
My bones are not weak, they can take it.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years ago
Surviving and getting pissed off are totally different things that can happen at the same time…
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years ago
The English language makes it way too complicated. Just call all of them ‘shield toads’ and you’re good.
Trashcan@lemmy.world 2 years ago
That’s neat and all. But how do they retract their heads?
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years ago
Kinda looks like those vertical bones are part of a hinge joint.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 2 years ago
They can feel touch through their shells
DandomRude@lemmy.world 2 years ago
What about Ninja Turtles?
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Same deal.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Turtles *are a half shell.
1984@lemmy.today 2 years ago
I see no brain in this picture.
Gnugit@aussie.zone 2 years ago
[deleted]TxzK@lemmy.zip 2 years ago
“Turtle” can refer to both land and marine testudines
manucode@infosec.pub 2 years ago
The English language makes it way too complicated. Just call all of them ‘shield toads’ and you’re good.
Johandea@feddit.nu 2 years ago
theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I want to get him out though.
umbraroze@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years ago
What about nija turtles?
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 2 years ago
the hollow space contains treasure
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Wait so they can’t get out of their shells? But…
Subverb@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Wait, what? I’m wrapped around my skeleton?
Queue Edgar Allen Poe
Speculater@lemmy.world 2 years ago
“You know, there’s good eating in them things.”
Aria@lemmygrad.ml 2 years ago
Then explain this photograph.
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Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 years ago
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dditty@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Checkmate, nerds