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[–] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Okay so is this photoshopped or what's going on here

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Also, repeated liposuction and no exercise.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Looks like a turtle without its shell. Are the scientists sure it didnt have a shell made of cartilage thats been lost to time?

[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't know where this particular fella fits in the history, but turtles evolved from similar quadruped reptiles. Basically, their ribs evolved flat and wide so that their chests could support them better while burrowing tunnels. That turned into the turtle plastron.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Huh the more u know

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago

It looks like it was made in Spore

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

we probably just have the bones of the weirdest-looking critter in the species

uncanny resemblance

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If turtle shells were on the inside.

[–] USSMojave@startrek.website 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Turtle shells are already on the inside. The entire surface of their shells is skin!

So they're more naked than I thought...

[–] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel like this is one of those models we're completely wrong about.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah this looks like a stupid degree of shrink wrapping of the neck.

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's like a turtle without the turtle part

[–] normal_user@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know what, I feel like the shell part of the turtle is best represented by the "turt" part of the world turtle. It just looks the way "turt" sounds.

So a turtle without it's shell I think should start to be called a "le" (pronounced like in the world turtle), which represents very well, as a sound, a "turt"-less turtle

[–] algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This comment deals 10 points psychic damage

[–] normal_user@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I also just noticed that the first "t" could be the legs and the tail of the turtle, while the "l" are the front legs and the "e" is the head and mouth.

Meaning that the shell part would actually be "urt".
More research is going to be needed to figure out this one.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is he voiced by danny devito?

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I can picture it now. An Ice Age movie where Sid, Manny, and Diego are hanging around a bar and this chonky boy shows up out of nowhere and makes an outrageous claim. Queue "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" music.

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

Looks like Elon musk as ~~a reptile~~ more of a reptile.

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

It's shaped like a cheeseburger. I'll call it Americanis.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I don't understand how they used it correctly and then didn't

[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

BIG CHUNGUS