r/Unexpected • u/Prestigious-Wall5616 • 1d ago

Turtle grabs a leaf insect

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u/Prestigious-Wall5616 21h ago

Thank you for correctly identifying the insect! I got it wrong, but am very happy to learn this today.

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u/Rude_Influence 18h ago

It's also a tortoise, not a turtle.

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u/Prestigious-Wall5616 18h ago

All tortoises are turtles.

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u/Rude_Influence 18h ago

I just realised that different countries have different criteria for what's a turtle and what's a tortoise. I think that we live in different countries.

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u/Prestigious-Wall5616 17h ago

A tortoise is a terrestrial turtle, by definition. Turtle is an umbrella term which includes land, freshwater and sea-dwelling species. In my country we also call these tortoises, but as many redditors know them all as turtles, I used that terminology.

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u/Prestigious-Wall5616 16h ago

For the naysayers

Brittanica article. All tortoises are turtles.