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clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 14:13:49 JST clacke

TIL "tortoises are not turtles" is actually according to British English, whereas in US English, tortoises are a type of turtle and sea-turtles have to be called sea-turtles if you don't want to include tortoises and terrapins.
Also Australia has land-turtles (British), so I guess those are land-sea-turtles?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle
order of reptiles characterized by a shell
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  Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked turtles), which differ in the way the head retracts. There are 360 living and recently extinct species of turtles, including land-dwelling tortoises and freshwater terrapins. They are found on most continents, some islands and, in the case of sea turtles, much of the ocean. Like other amniotes (reptiles, birds, and mammals) they breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater, although many species live in or around water. Turtle shells are made mostly of bone; the upper part is the domed carapace, while the underside is the flatter plastron or belly-plate. Its outer surface is covered in scales made of keratin, the material of hair, horns, and claws. The carapace bones develop from ribs that grow sideways and develop into broad flat plates that join up to cover the body. Turtles are ectotherms or "cold-blooded", meaning...
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  @clacke Makes me feel sorry for Leon; https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/characters/nm0001397
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    Burêdo rannâ (1982) Brion James as Leon
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