tv: tortoises live their lives on land and have the sturdy legs to prove it! turtles live in the water! check out their webbed feet!
thatababy: wait a second. these guys aren't turtles at all!!
Actually, they’re all tortoises, and turtles are birds. But English sailors, two or three centuries ago, mixed up the French word “turtur” with the English word “turtle”.
Handy Hint: When Shakespeare uses the word "turtle”, he is always talking about the bird. Same for the King James Bible.
“A word cannot be too careful about the phonetic company it keeps.”—C. S. Lewis
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Heroes in a half shell, Tortoise Power! Eeeeeeh… doesn’t have good ring to it. (Way to go, Misters Eastman and Laird, of boggling the kid’s mind.)
VillemezBrown over 9 years ago
Well, they are MUTANT turtles.
Dkram over 9 years ago
Don’t forget Frogs and Toads..\\//_
Comic Minister Premium Member over 9 years ago
I see now.
Godfreydaniel over 9 years ago
Oh, snap!
John W Kennedy Premium Member over 9 years ago
Actually, they’re all tortoises, and turtles are birds. But English sailors, two or three centuries ago, mixed up the French word “turtur” with the English word “turtle”.
Handy Hint: When Shakespeare uses the word "turtle”, he is always talking about the bird. Same for the King James Bible.
“A word cannot be too careful about the phonetic company it keeps.”—C. S. Lewis
pouncingtiger over 9 years ago
Thatababy looks shell shocked.
Nancy Murphy over 9 years ago
They’re pretty cool mutants!
adoragem123 over 3 years ago
NO WAY!