Originally published at: Living creature with a shell attacks shod biped | Boing Boing
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The turtle has the right of way. It’s in the manual.
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I thought it was the turtle’s way of saying, “hey baby”. Thinking the shoe is another turtle.
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Well, that’s how I met my Wife. Sorta…
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This experiment needs a control group.
Repeat this episode with a barefooted biped. Then again with an empty shoe. Then try with different shoes.
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Funny story: even herpetologists sometimes use “turtle” to mean testudines generally and sometimes to mean waterborne turtles and close kin specifically (as distinct from land-dwelling tortoises and weirdo cousins the terrapins). Meaning cannot be separated from context, even in technical terminology.
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I feel like it’s either being territorial, or it’s saying, “You haven’t brought me treats today.”
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Not so much “hey baby”. Much more like “Leave now intruder!”
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“I don’t know if this is a turtle, terrapin, or tortoise”
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Leon: What do you mean, I’m not helping?
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Biped knows what they did.
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If you have a shell, your attack has already succeeded.
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From Carnival of the Animals:
Tortoises
Come crown my brow with leaves of myrtle,
I know the tortoise is a turtle.
Come carve my name in stone immortal,
I know the turtoise is a tortle.
I know to my profound despair
I bet on one to beat a hare.
I also know I’m now a pauper
Because of its tortley, turtley, torpor.
Music by Saint-Saëns, words by Ogden Nash, read by Noel Coward. Great Album.
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Could it be defending a nest of eggs?
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Okay, well if you’re going with music, the distinction is easy.
Turtles
Tortoise
Terrapin (Flyer)
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