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In Britain we call them tortoises, except the Snapping Turtle, which is always a Snapping Turtle. Turtles in British English are the ones that swim and have flippers, and tortoises are the ones that can't swim and have feet. I just thought i'd share this tidbit with you, because why not?
Sharing is what this place is all about! In general, I'm under the same impression over the division of turtles and tortoises too. What's confusing to me is that there are also "land turtles" which are pretty much like tortoises, except . . . they're not. And then there are terrapins. I dunno what the deal is there.
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SeventhProphet · 4121 days ago · link ·
I'm pretty sure terrapins are some mind of ultra-hybrid tortoise/turtle thing. Probably created by a mad scientist somewhere