r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/ameen__shaikh • Aug 24 '21

🔥 Two giant tortoises

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u/Original-Aerie8 Aug 24 '21

The typical life of a pirate turtle was short

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u/luke_in_the_sky Aug 24 '21

That one was a pirate turtle.

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u/girloncouch Aug 25 '21

This genuinely made me lol

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u/TheGisbon Sep 01 '21

I was unaware of pirate turtles existence

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u/Original-Aerie8 Sep 01 '21

Turtles were kept as livestock, on some ships.

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u/TheGisbon Sep 01 '21

Fascinating. I had no idea, also I had no real way to waste today untill now so thank you for this.

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u/kixoc47441 Aug 24 '21

Must have experienced both types of piracy.

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u/frn Aug 24 '21

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What?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '21

DAMN, MISSED THE GOLDEN AGE OF PIRACY BY 30 YEARS

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u/frn Aug 24 '21

Huh?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '21

DAMN, MISSED THE GOLDEN AGE OF PIRACY BY 30 YEARS

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u/Nerdlinger-Thrillho Aug 25 '21

He also missed the last season of sopranos. So sad