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Turtle Shells (mander.xyz)
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[-] ironhydroxide 55 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] eestileib 46 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

Hell yeah time to pet some turts

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 month 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] 43 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 31 points 1 month 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.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month 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.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

*shows toungue and puts it back in

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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 1 month ago

According to scientists, the default is outside
source

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[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 month 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).

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Why would I move a turtle?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month 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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[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

That's tortoise silly billy

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Domed, exoskeleton, this is a beetle.

[-] Tar_alcaran 5 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

My bones are not weak, they can take it.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month 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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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

They can feel touch through their shells

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