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What is the correct answer to "Are you a turtle"? ›

Once inducted, a member must reply to the question, "Are you a turtle?" with "You bet your sweet ass I am". Otherwise, the member must buy the questioner a drink. By showing the card, Haney was required to answer over an open microphone during the first Apollo telecast.

Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines that have bodies encased in bony shells. There are more than 350 species of turtles.

Lifespan of Turtles. The average lifespan of a turtle or tortoise is highly dependent on the species. Some species may only live 10 to 20 years in captivity, while others can live up to 150 years. In general, most turtle and tortoise species can live well into their 50s if provided appropriate care.

The carapace is the dorsal (back), convex part of the shell structure of a turtle, consisting of the animal's ossified ribs fused with the dermal bone. The spine and expanded ribs are fused through ossification to dermal plates beneath the skin to form a hard shell.

A turtle is a large reptile which has a thick shell covering its body and which lives in the sea most of the time. A turtle is any reptile that has a thick shell around its body, for example a tortoise or terrapin.

President Kennedy was allegedly asked if he was a Turtle at a press conference, to which he replied, "I'll buy you your drink later."

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Turtles have a relationship with the moon too: Every turtle in the world has 28 ridges around its carapace (top-shell) and there are 28 days between each full moon; and because every turtle has 13 scutes (ridges) on their carapace, and there are 13 full moons every year.

In most species, sex is determined during fertilization. However, the sex of most turtles, alligators, and crocodiles is determined after fertilization. The temperature of the developing eggs is what decides whether the offspring will be male or female. This is called temperature-dependent sex determination, or TSD.

Glass sponges are considered the oldest animals on Earth—and it's by a long shot. Scientists estimate that they can live for more than 10,000 years, possibly 15,000 years maximum. One glass sponge observed by researchers in the Ross Sea, a bay of Antarctica, is thought to be the oldest living animal on the planet.

Mayflies (order Ephemeroptera) are aquatic insects known for having the shortest lifespans of any creature in the animal kingdom—they typically live for only one day. There are over 3,000 species of mayflies that live in aquatic habitats around the world.

Can turtles breathe underwater? ›

Can turtles and tortoises breathe under water like a fish? Tortoises are land animals, so they can't breath underwater. Turtles and Terrapins are aquatic, but still need to come to the surface to breath. Some Terrapins (fresh water Turtles) can absorb oxygen through the internal walls of their cloaca (anus).

DON'T turn a turtle quickly. A quick flip, swing or twist can pull painfully on organs and connecting tissue. You don't want to move a turtle around so fast that its organs have to play "catch up!" It should take at least two full seconds to turn an animal over, counting: "one-thousand one, one-thousand two."

The Turtle is the symbol of the World and the Earth, inspiring us to chart our own course with energy and determination. Another of its important symbolic meanings refers to survival, stability, longevity and protection, with its shell always on its back.

They are born with a shell, although in the first days after hatching their shell is usually a lot softer because their bones are not calcified all the way yet. Once fully grown however, turtles and/or tortoises have hard, protective shells that are made up of 59 to 61 bones that are covered by plates called scutes.

Someone might also be called an awkward turtle if they are seen as quirky or clumsy. This is usually not done in a mean way, but rather in a loving, playful way—an embrace of nerd-dom and imperfection. Meme Generator.

"Turtles all the way down" is an expression of the problem of infinite regress. The saying alludes to the mythological idea of a World Turtle that supports a flat Earth on its back.

What does I like turtles mean? Taken from a viral internet video and meme, I like turtles is a humorous non sequitur often used to indicate you're blissfully clueless about a topic.