I've seen turtles love getting brushed by a soft bristle stuff like toothbrushes plus you alao clean them
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.
What part of the second statement is wrong? A turtle cannot survive without its shell, just like you could not survive without your skull. It is an intrinsic part of what allows it to function as a living organism, therefore the line between "turtle" and "shell" is a bit blurred
I mean yes, no one, human or turtle, can survive without the ecosystem of the earth, so you could really argue that the planet is the true organism and we are simply byproducts of its existence
Yet you won't argue that you are the earth. Why would you argue that a turtle is the same as a turtle's shell then?
Where can you really draw the line? Could you survive in space without any air or equipment? Even if you could, where did the equipment and air come from?
Photosynthetic organisms are for all practical purposes part of your lungs
You can bring extra air and survive just fine.
You can't bring an extra skull.
Likewise, a hermit crab can bring an extra shell, but a turtle cannot bring an extra shell.
Turtoises are turtles ya dingbat
https://www.britannica.com/story/whats-the-difference-between-a-turtle-and-a-tortoise
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.
Please don't tap/knock on turtle shells. It would be like someone knocking directly on your bones.
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.
And feet, especially box turtles. Some species can indeed go inside their shells - while still being a part of the shell itself, of course.
The English language makes it way too complicated. Just call all of them 'shield toads' and you're good.
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.
The English language makes this way too complicated. Just call all of them 'shield toads' and you're good.
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This is why we had the American Revolution!
[that and the whole don't go west and kill the Indians thing.]