It’s funny - we in the UK call turtles those that can lvie in water but tortoises are land living reptiles!
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That's a fact. Tortoises are land dwellers.
aug 21, 2025, 1:20 pm • 4 0 • view
I’ve had 3 as pets at different times during my childhood and teen years! Love them
aug 21, 2025, 1:32 pm • 2 0 • view
Me too! I had a tortoise named Harley, and I had two classroom turtles named Tiny and Moe.
aug 21, 2025, 2:04 pm • 1 0 • view
In Canada and the US too. A tortoise is a type of turtle All tortoises are turtles, not all turtles are tortoises. Merriam-Webster tortoise noun tor·toise ˈtȯr-təs 1: any of a family (Testudinidae) of terrestrial turtles broadly : TURTLE
aug 21, 2025, 3:37 pm • 2 0 • view
I recently went to the library and asked them for a book on turtles. The librarian asked "Hard cover?" I told her, "Yes, with green pointy heads."
aug 21, 2025, 8:26 pm • 3 0 • view
See also: Mitch McConnell
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