Do you get mad when people call a tortoise a turtle is a small thing but still gets to me haha.

Depends on the Tortoise. I think it just offers you a wonderful opportunity to educate them. Of course, I keep box turtles and not tortoises, but people are silly.

Nah, life is full of bigger things to get angry or mad over.

I fill you on that but I was standing by the Aldabra pen at the zoo and every person that walked by was like hey look at the big turtles haha

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I was not mad I was just thinking in my head it's alrite.

...stupid simpletons.....




(lol---just messin, as mentioned, an opportunity to offer correct info and a couple pointers on how someone can tell in as few words as possible...lol)

Gets too me!! Lol

I don't get mad but I always correct.

After telling my hillbilly (I can say that!) Grandmother 45 times that Echo is a tortoise, NOT a turtle, I now passive aggressive her when she *southern draw* "How's yer turtle?" I reply sweetly "dry...really dry..."
The first offense doesn't bother me, some where between the 4th and 45th I get annoyed! Haha.
But in all seriousness, no, a lot of times people just don't know any better. I love teaching children the difference and watching them educate their parents and friends

People can call them whatever they want as long as they leave them alone.

I'd much rather hear someone say "how is your turtle doing?" than "Gopher tortoises? Yea my cousin eats those things"
(yes, I've actually heard that)

EKLC Wrote:People can call them whatever they want as long as they leave them alone.

I'd much rather hear someone say "how is your turtle doing?" than "Gopher tortoises? Yea my cousin eats those things"
(yes, I've actually heard that)

Dear God. When I was a kid my folks prepared turtle. Never tortoise. (not that it's any better in my opinion :/)

Yes! When I am at school. there was a girl and she says nobody says tortoise, people say turtle now. I tried to explain the difference but she wouldn't listen

Its doesn't bother me at all, its just a word. I don't correctly people on this one. It makes no difference, in the big scheme of things, whether someone calls my animals turtles or tortoises. We're all talking about the same creatures. No big deal.

It doesn't really make sense since they are both the same amount of syllables but for some reason I think turtle is just easier to say. And not many people know the difference. It's just a lack of knowing. Which I don't expect people to know in the first place so I tell people I have a turtle. Sometimes to be fun I say I have a land turtle. Haha! People think that's a correct term!

Well since "Water Turtles" require water to swallow their food and "Land Turtles" can eat food without being in water.

So I can see the term "Water turtle" and "Land turtle" being an appropriate term.

(09-13-2012 01:25 AM)mattgrizzlybear Wrote:  Yes! When I am at school. there was a girl and she says nobody says tortoise, people say turtle now. I tried to explain the difference but she wouldn't listen

Matt you should have slapped her and told her the difference she'll listen then its call slapping some sense to her lol