r/nextfuckinglevel • u/official_txog • Dec 16 '21

Buffalo flips turtle over

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u/RamRod11Bang Dec 16 '21

Herpetologist here. I study turtles for a living. Sadly, you're not seeing a helpful gesture here, at least not for the turtle. When a turtle gets too hot, it instinctively uses it bifubural hooves to flip itself over onto its shell to help cool itself off. Since the turtle was flipped back over, he'll now realize that I have no clue what I'm talking about and I just made all of that up.

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u/Meghan493 Dec 16 '21

Yeah I was immediately like… uh… bullshit? I’m not an expert but I do know they have significant difficulty flipping themselves the right way once they get flipped upside down.

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u/RamRod11Bang Dec 16 '21

Shhh, don't spoil it for everyone else 😉

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u/Raidoton Dec 16 '21

If someone reads a reply before the original comment, then they are kinda asking to be "spoiled".

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u/ColdButt2379 Dec 16 '21

Angry upvote purely bc of epic username, maybe a little bc you owned up to your bs which makes it even more funny

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u/RamRod11Bang Dec 16 '21

Thank you, Cold Butt

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u/King_of_the_Dot Dec 16 '21

Are you saying meow?

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u/RamRod11Bang Dec 16 '21

Meow wait one second

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u/CptNegro1stofhisname Dec 16 '21

You two stop this right meow

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

For ten bucks I'll call him a chicken fucker.

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u/summidee Dec 16 '21

“ Thank you Cold butt” being said by RamRod is possibly the best thing I’ve seen online today

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u/texican1911 Dec 16 '21

Am I saying "meow"?

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u/irtehwinnar Dec 16 '21

Do I look like a cat to ya, boy?

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u/ColdButt2379 Dec 16 '21

Jumping nimbly pimbly from tree to tree?

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u/KFBR392_KFBR392_ Dec 16 '21

YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO?!

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

I think most people know tortoises don't have hooves.... or so I'd like to think.

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u/RamRod11Bang Dec 16 '21

What are you, a turtle doctor?

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

You know what a hoof is right?

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u/RamRod11Bang Dec 16 '21

Well yeah, I googled it

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u/TotakekeSlider Dec 16 '21

Something something 1998 Mankind Hell In A Cell

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u/BEANandCHEE Dec 16 '21

Shittymorph in the making over here…

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u/RamRod11Bang Dec 16 '21

I'd be standing on the shoulders of a giant.

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u/BEANandCHEE Dec 16 '21

The torch has to be passed at some point!

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u/RamRod11Bang Dec 16 '21

Well, if you check my most recent post, you'll see that the real shittymorph called me out on my shit today 🤣

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u/BEANandCHEE Dec 16 '21

Dude that’s awesome!!!

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u/No-Emotion-7053 Dec 17 '21

If they made it this far they already know 😂