HOME | DD
HareTrinity β Turtle OR Tortoise
Published: 2011-11-26 19:21:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 38071; Favourites: 503; Downloads: 725
Redirect to original
Description
I'm glad the episode brought this up, that people can't tell the difference is... Well, I guess I should see it coming but I rarely do.And then someone on a MLP site's comments said that terrapins are ALL freshwater turtles, including (their own example) SNAPPING TURTLES.
Trust me, those crocodile wannabes are NOT included in the term!EDIT: Did some more research and apparently some tortoises HAVE been observed floating so that they can doggy paddle a little. The general agreement, however, is that most tortoises will sink like a rock. Those crazy testudines!
2022 EDIT: The comic got a dub by Agent0Fluffy !
Β
Related content
Comments: 205
But you just know if she said that Dash would end up looking after fish at some point. D: Poor Fluttershy!
π: 0 β©: 1
Poor Fluttershy indeed
π: 0 β©: 0
tortoises can eat meat, even peperoni.
π: 0 β©: 1
Cows die if they don't eat enough insects when grazing, we still tend to call them herbivores rather than insectivores... Also, that tortoises CAN eat meat doesn't mean they should:
[link]
(This says no meat ever for 2 sorts of tortoises)
...Of course I'm sure there are some tortoises where it's fine, but even then it's probably only in small amounts. As a general rule of thumb they're herbivores and I'm not aware of any tortoises that NEED meat in their diet.
π: 0 β©: 1
my tortoises are terrapene ornata, not only they eat meet, they seek meat, i have watch my turtles hunting mouses in the yard(one time where there was pest in the neighbord) and they simple love them, also i informed that terrapenes eat meat also from death animals in they natural abitad.
π: 0 β©: 1
Box turtles are turtles.
π: 0 β©: 1
i my book they are clasificated as tortoises, specialy the one that iposes, who are terrapene ornata, from the desert of chihuahua.
π: 0 β©: 0
And terrapins can live on both land and water
π: 0 β©: 0
So Dash got the one pet that not only can't fly but can't swim as well and is really slow at walking to boot? dang
π: 0 β©: 1
Also it took a long time to name some giant tortoises because they're notoriously DELICIOUS and people kept eating their whole stock before making it back...!
On the bright side they have impressive life spans.
π: 0 β©: 1
eating reptile sounds gross
π: 0 β©: 1
Yeah, but apparently it tasted better than any other foods? I find it hard to believe too...
π: 0 β©: 0
then why do people call box turtles if they are land reptiles?
π: 0 β©: 1
I understand "Box tortoise" is an alternative name but box turtle is the more accurate as they're most closely related to a few species of definite-turtles...
Black sheep of the Testudine family I guess?
π: 0 β©: 0
Wait, did the TURTLE survive?!?!?! He was just crushed by a giant tortoise!
π: 0 β©: 1
Woah, you're the first person to ask that!
Yeah, I'm pretty sure he avoid Tank's feet until Fluttershy intervened.
π: 0 β©: 0
So THAT'S why he wasn't in MMDW...
π: 0 β©: 0
Love. Love! Love!!! LOVE!!!!! LOOOOOOOOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!
π: 0 β©: 1
haha rainbow is so funny
π: 0 β©: 0
lol cute, didn;t see that epsoide yet i am yet to but i live in canada so no hub
π: 0 β©: 1
Aww, I use YouTube lately...! British TV takes way too long to catch up!
π: 0 β©: 1
wait your from brittian wow that's awsome lol same here i use youtube too
π: 0 β©: 0
My sister owns two Russian tortoises (they're sleeping next to me) and two red-eared sliders, but we still call them all turtles.
But we do know not to sink the tortoises
π: 0 β©: 1
It's funny because she would totally try something like that.
Bravo.
π: 0 β©: 1
And knowing is half the battle!
π: 0 β©: 0
LOTS of turtles float. In fact, I live in Texas and I've never seen a turtle that wasn't within fifty feet of water. Then again, that might just be because it's Texas.
Still, it's common practice to "go out to the tank" (read: pond) and shoot turtles that poke their heads up through the water. A few hours later to a day later, the body will appear on the shoreline.
π: 0 β©: 1
Turtles can swim and come up to sunbathe... I said tortoises don't swim.
If they live in water they're turtles.
π: 0 β©: 1
I'm going to confess to you... I derped so hard in that previous comment.
I meant to say "tortoises" up there.
You can shoot me now. I'm not smart enough for the internet.
π: 0 β©: 0
I assume most of us know little about exotic pets, rather. :\
π: 0 β©: 0
π: 0 β©: 1
Yeah!
Someone else linked that a bit ago, I adore it now!
π: 0 β©: 0
I loved Fluttershy correcting everyone. Nice one!
π: 0 β©: 0
I shouldn't be laughing this hard at an angry Fluttershy.
π: 0 β©: 1
| Next =>