renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldimagemessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1278file-text
arrow-up1278imageEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-text
Yall should remove some of these animal words and instead add different words for like the 5 different meanings of “spring”
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 hours agoMy box turtle mostly lives on soil, although he enjoys a paddle and soak in his water. But the main difference from a tortoise is that he’s omnivorous, needing protein like bugs, whereas they are herbivores.
minus-squareTh3D3k0y@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoFun fact, Eastern box turtles are illegal to keep as pets in Ohio if captured in the wild.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoMine was raised from the egg of a non wild turtle by someone else who found themselves unable to care for it and asked me to give it a home.
My box turtle mostly lives on soil, although he enjoys a paddle and soak in his water. But the main difference from a tortoise is that he’s omnivorous, needing protein like bugs, whereas they are herbivores.
Fun fact, Eastern box turtles are illegal to keep as pets in Ohio if captured in the wild.
Mine was raised from the egg of a non wild turtle by someone else who found themselves unable to care for it and asked me to give it a home.