A list of interesting facts about turtles
Turtles are reptiles
According to the internet and apparently science
turtles have been on the earth from more than
200 million years
It is also said that the earliest turtles had teeth
Like one day the world stopped fighting them
So in turn they forgot what it felt like to fight back
Turtles spend most of their lives in water
They are adapted for aquatic life with webbed feet or flippers
Fresh water turtles leave the water every once in a while
to sunbathe
sea turtles only leave to lay eggs
turtles lay eggs
A turtle’s shell develops from its ribs
And is an adaptation to protect against predators
It’s shell is made up of 60 bones
that are covered by plates
which ironically enough are made of
the same thing as our fingernails
like instead of learning how to fight
they just built up the layers around their heart instead
but still all these adaptations earned it a spot
to live on almost every continent
humans are not turtles
according to science we may have adapted to have less hair
and therefore have a harder time staying warm
we may have adapted to be smarter
but according to scriptures we don’t live for as long as we used to
still against all odds
here we are
nothing but a few bones between our hearts
and our predators
nothing but a few hairs
between our skin
and the cold winter air
nothing but love
between our souls
and heartbreak
and call me crazy but I’ve never heard
of a turtle that died from heartbreak
But I obviously don’t know much about turtles
What I do know
Is how fragile the human existence has become
Instead of fighting wars
We tend to be fighting trends
Or stereotypes
Or statistics
Instead of protecting
We tend to be fighting just to stay alive
Because we are the only species to develop suicide
And I’ve started to notice not a lot of our adaptations
Are real adaptations
According to the internet an adaptation is
a change or the process of change by which
an organism or species becomes
better suited to its environment.
Its almost as if we were adapted to have weaker ribs
And an inclination toward heartbreak
So maybe we aren’t adapting
Maybe this is us circling the drain
I mean I know we are no turtles
But don’t you think we could try a little more defense
And a little less offence
By offence I mean
offensive
I mean Gkys jokes
I mean a lack of common decency
I mean a lack of caring
What happened to the generation that cared
And couldn’t we be that
Couldn’t we stop for one minute
And think
Before we act
I guess i'm just trying to say
Sometimes I get pretty tired of being human