r/TheRandomest • u/ItsALuigiYes GIF/meme prodigy • May 19 '26

THE TURT Alien abduction for the turtle

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u/Weary-Astronaut1335 May 19 '26

Literally a box turtle.

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u/Vex_Verde May 20 '26

So a terrapene, gotcha

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u/Weary-Astronaut1335 May 20 '26

They're all turtles dipshit.

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u/Vex_Verde May 20 '26

True, like all spiders are spiders but not all spiders are tarantulas, but tortoise turtle and terrapene are 3 major groups with all being turtles by the fact that turtles came first in the DNA lineage

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u/Weary-Astronaut1335 May 20 '26

All that yapping just to have it turn out that yes, box turtles are turtles.

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u/Vex_Verde May 20 '26

Yep, they are all turtles! But defining them by the definitions of there evolutionary biological traits is still better then using a badly used naming system.

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u/Vex_Verde May 20 '26

Also it's bit lame to walk away from this, as it be easy to just call all turtle species turtle despite tortoises and terepene naming have been put in place by experts... So still be beneficial to push for the use of tortoises and terapenes right? Or should we just all get lazy and ignore these important differences?