I’m not inside my skin. I am my skin.
Turtle Shells
Submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’re a bundle of neurons piloting a skeleton inside a wetsuit
cholesterol@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I am not up my ass. I am my ass.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m up your ass tho.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Now give me some sugar water
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
They have nerves throughout their shells and can feel even gentle touch.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Hell yeah time to pet some turts
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dasnap@lemmy.world 1 year ago
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is just yet another example of legacy media lying to us.
lowleveldata@programming.dev 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
Am I my skull? So I get to live as long as my skull is not decayed?
Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Can you put any external part of yourself inside your skull? That’s the difference.
No_Change_Just_Money@feddit.de 1 year ago
*shows toungue and puts it back in
samus12345@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, any time you put something in your mouth. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve been trying but I’m still not flexible enough to reach.
lauha@lemmy.one 1 year ago
I can, though probably only once
Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Idk I see a big cavity that would contain turtle…
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes, that’s for pregnant turtles.
sirico@feddit.uk 1 year ago
That’s tortoise silly billy
VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Turtoises are turtles ya dingbat
drivepiler@lemmy.world 1 year ago
All tortoises are turtles, umm… pedantic Frederick?
Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 1 year ago
hdnsmbt@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I feel like an annual reminder would be entirely sufficient, to be honest.
abaddon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’d like to know who needs a daily reminder.
KoboldKomrade@hexbear.net 1 year 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 1 year ago
Why would I move a turtle?
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year 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 1 year ago
Domed, exoskeleton, this is a beetle.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 year 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 1 year ago
Insufficient legs
expatriado@lemmy.world 1 year ago
who should i trust? Nintendo or a random person on the Internet?
samus12345@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Those are Koopa Troopas. They’re turtle-like, but not actual turtles.
blindsight@beehaw.org 1 year 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 1 year ago
Please don’t tap/knock on turtle shells. It would be like someone knocking directly on your bones.
YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My bones are not weak, they can take it.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
Surviving and getting pissed off are totally different things that can happen at the same time…
samus12345@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
The English language makes it way too complicated. Just call all of them ‘shield toads’ and you’re good.
Trashcan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s neat and all. But how do they retract their heads?
samus12345@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
Kinda looks like those vertical bones are part of a hinge joint.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They can feel touch through their shells
DandomRude@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What about Ninja Turtles?
samus12345@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Same deal.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Turtles *are a half shell.
1984@lemmy.today 1 year ago
I see no brain in this picture.
Gnugit@aussie.zone 1 year ago
[deleted]TxzK@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
“Turtle” can refer to both land and marine testudines
manucode@infosec.pub 1 year ago
The English language makes it way too complicated. Just call all of them ‘shield toads’ and you’re good.
Johandea@feddit.nu 1 year ago
theangryseal@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I want to get him out though.
umbraroze@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
What about nija turtles?
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 1 year ago
the hollow space contains treasure
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wait so they can’t get out of their shells? But…
Subverb@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wait, what? I’m wrapped around my skeleton?
Queue Edgar Allen Poe
Speculater@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“You know, there’s good eating in them things.”
Aria@lemmygrad.ml 1 year ago
Then explain this photograph.
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Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 year ago
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dditty@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Checkmate, nerds