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Turtle Shells (mander.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Then explain this photograph.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Checkmate, nerds

[–] [email protected] 56 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

When you're in a Jaeger, you can fight the hurricane.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Hell yeah time to pet some turts

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

I've seen turtles love getting brushed by a soft bristle stuff like toothbrushes plus you alao clean them

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (10 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Behold, a human being.

Behold, a human

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

*shows toungue and puts it back in

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Ooo, good point. But is it moving an internal part outside the skull? What's the default location of a tongue?? I'm lost in the science!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

According to scientists, the default is outside
source

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Idk I see a big cavity that would contain turtle...

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why would I move a turtle?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That's tortoise silly billy

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Turtoises are turtles ya dingbat

https://www.britannica.com/story/whats-the-difference-between-a-turtle-and-a-tortoise

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Domed, exoskeleton, this is a beetle.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 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!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

My bones are not weak, they can take it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

They can feel touch through their shells

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 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.