Turtle/Tortoise dilemma
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Topic: Turtle/Tortoise dilemma
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: Turtle/Tortoise dilemma
Date Posted: June 30 2012 at 03:34
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did the tortoise walktowards the sea and become turtles, or did the turtles walk swam from water up on lands and become tortoise, -------------  
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 30 2012 at 04:09
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Thinking logically, an aquatic environment is the best place for a reptile-like creature to have evolved into a turtle/tortoise as the ribs and backbone could have formed bony extensions that support the shell more easily in a "weightless" environment (turtle shell is skin not bone, it is formed from enlarged scales that have hardened). This is supported by the fossil record that shows the oldest known proto-turtle as being aquatic. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 30 2012 at 04:28
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have you seen Inside Natures Giants, they carve into a large softshelled turtle among animals and that evolutionaru stage was brilliantly explained by Richard Dawkins (who is much more pleassant to listen to when he actualy is talking about something he burns for rather hearing him talking about stuff that anoyes him (like religiona and stuff), but when he talks about animals like turtles, elephants,or camels, he is a totaly different person) i just saw them desect a baboon -------------
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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: June 30 2012 at 16:08
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No idea; but http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2252" rel="nofollow - Tortoise is a great band.
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 30 2012 at 16:10
| So is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAzogkxE32k" rel="nofollow - Deep Turtle. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 30 2012 at 16:15
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Terrapin is a great http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1805" rel="nofollow - Syd Barrett song. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 30 2012 at 16:38
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Turtles will reign supreme upon the Earth one day soon. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 30 2012 at 16:42
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..when they can catch it. ------------- What? |