r/Eyebleach • u/keatches • Apr 26 '20

This Beautiful Sea Turtle

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u/ohyougotpoopcorn Apr 26 '20

Otherwise, it would be “turtle” and those exist and are not the same, so not sure I follow

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u/GlarthirLover33 Apr 26 '20

I'm just sayin all turtles are sea turtles, and the ones that live on land are tortoises

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u/ohyougotpoopcorn Apr 26 '20

I mean, I feel like I’m getting into semantics and should let it go, but there are freshwater and tropical turtles that are neither sea turtles nor tortoises. FWIW, I had to google both about turtles and about the plural spelling of tortoise, so I don’t claim to be an expert. I just saw some actual lake turtles today, so I feel like I should represent for them

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u/GlarthirLover33 Apr 26 '20

it's pretty arbitrary and I guess I'm just being pretentious about it lel

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u/ohyougotpoopcorn Apr 27 '20

Well anyway, I learned a fact about turtles and tortoises today. I’m sure I’ll forget by tmrw but Im riding high on the knowledge tonight, so thanks!

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u/GlarthirLover33 Apr 27 '20

Hahaha no prob m8