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Science Memes @mander.xyz fossilesque @mander.xyz 5 mo. ago

Turtle Shells

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Then explain this photograph.
- Checkmate, nerds
I'm not inside my skin. I am my skin.
- You're a bundle of neurons piloting a skeleton inside a wetsuit
  
  When you're in a Jaeger, you can fight the hurricane.
- I am not up my ass. I am my ass.
  
  I'm up your ass tho.
- Now give me some sugar water
They have nerves throughout their shells and can feel even gentle touch.
- Hell yeah time to pet some turts
  
  I've seen turtles love getting brushed by a soft bristle stuff like toothbrushes plus you alao clean them
  
  SCNR
Yeah? Then explain this, mister '''''''scientist'''''''
- This is just yet another example of legacy media lying to us.
So my head is not "inside" my skull but *is* my skull? Is the brain not a part of my head?
- 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.
  
  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.
  
  I get what they try to say. But it's just funny that they correct a statement with another wrong statement.
- 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.
  
  Am I my skull? So I get to live as long as my skull is not decayed?
- Can you put any external part of yourself inside your skull? That's the difference.
  
  *shows toungue and puts it back in
  
  I've been trying but I'm still not flexible enough to reach.
  
  Yeah, any time you put something in your mouth. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
  
  I can, though probably only once
Idk I see a big cavity that would contain turtle...
- Yes, that's for pregnant turtles.
I feel like an annual reminder would be entirely sufficient, to be honest.
- I'd like to know who needs a daily reminder.
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).
- Why would I move a turtle?
  
  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?
That's tortoise silly billy
- Turtoises are turtles ya dingbat
  
  https://www.britannica.com/story/whats-the-difference-between-a-turtle-and-a-tortoise
- All tortoises are turtles, umm.. pedantic Frederick?
  
  https://youtu.be/MCx-BahDSGg
Domed, exoskeleton, this is a beetle.
- It's not an exoskeleton though. Those are ribs and a spine, covered in "scutes", which are kind of horn-like scales.
- Insufficient legs
who should i trust? Nintendo or a random person on the Internet?
- Those are koopa troopas. They're turtle-like, but not actual turtles.
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!
Please don't tap/knock on turtle shells. It would be like someone knocking directly on your bones.
- My bones are not weak, they can take it.
  
  Your bones are not weak but its still not a good excuse to abuse a turtle by knocking on its shell.
  
  Surviving and getting pissed off are totally different things that can happen at the same time...
- That's really easy to do, knock on your head. There's just a thin layer of skin over the bone.
The English language makes it way too complicated. Just call all of them 'shield toads' and you're good.
That's neat and all. But how do they retract their heads?
- And feet, especially box turtles. Some species can indeed go inside their shells - while still being a part of the shell itself, of course.
- Kinda looks like those vertical bones are part of a hinge joint.
They can feel touch through their shells
What about Ninja Turtles?
- Same deal.
  
  Turtles *are a half shell.
This is a tortoise or is that the joke?
- "Turtle" can refer to both land and marine testudines
  
  The English language makes this way too complicated. Just call all of them 'shield toads' and you're good.
  
  That depends on your flavour of English. See Wikipedia
What about ninja turtles?
I see no brain in this picture.
I want to get him out though.
- 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.
Wait, what? I'm wrapped around my skeleton?

Queue Edgar Allen Poe
Wait so they can't get out of their shells? But...
the hollow space contains treasure
"You know, there's good eating in them things."

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