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Turtle Shells (mander.xyz)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 6 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] Omgpwnies 33 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

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

[–] cholesterol 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Now give me some sugar water

[–] Reddfugee42 2 points 6 months ago

We'll talk about that in a minute. For now, it puts the lotion on its skin

[–] [email protected] 52 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] SkyezOpen 36 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Hell yeah time to pet some turts

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 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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[–] Dasnap 47 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] TheLowestStone 7 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 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 6 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] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Behold, a human being.

Behold, a human

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (5 children)

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

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

*shows toungue and puts it back in

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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] 7 points 6 months ago

According to scientists, the default is outside
source

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[–] hdnsmbt 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (3 children)

That's tortoise silly billy

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Turtoises are turtles ya dingbat

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

[–] Somethingcheezie 3 points 6 months ago

Best line from that article

If tortoises are turtles, why not just call all turtlelike creatures “turtle”? Because if the animal you’re referring to is a tortoise, some wise guy is going to correct you every time.

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[–] expatriado 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] FireRetardant 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] YaDownWitCPP 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

My bones are not weak, they can take it.

[–] FireRetardant 4 points 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 3 points 6 months ago

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

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[–] Trashcan 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] samus12345 4 points 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.