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[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago

It looks like it was made in Spore

[–] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Also, repeated liposuction and no exercise.

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

If turtle shells were on the inside.

[–] USSMojave@startrek.website 7 points 1 month 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...

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month 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 month 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 month ago

Huh the more u know

[–] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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

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

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

Is he voiced by danny devito?

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

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

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