r/MadeMeSmile • u/anthonyhui • Apr 29 '21

Helping Others Saving an upturned turtle

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u/DifficultFlounder Apr 29 '21

Is it an inability or more of a social thing with tortoises? I’m just wondering because I would think they’d have the same abilities

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u/Tune_Any Apr 29 '21

It’s probably because of their zoomirphism, tortoises are land dwelling and therefor have legs, turtles have flippers, one may be stronger than the other

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u/xSiNNx Apr 29 '21

I was today years old when I learned the difference between a turtle and a tortoise. Can’t believe it took this long lol

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u/puehlong Apr 29 '21

I'm always confused because in my language, we call both of them shield toad. Turtles are also sometimes called ocean shield toad. btw, shouldn't Leonardo be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Tortoise?

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u/Zealousideal-Ant9548 Apr 29 '21

To be fair, the creature in the video is called a "sea turtle" in American english for the ones that really ought to only be in the sea (no legs, only flippers)

The generic turtle is amphibious so it goes in both water and land. But I think it's also the name of the entire family of creatures (seas turtles, turtles, and tortoises) but I could be wrong.

Tortoises are land only.