• BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Oh my gosh he’s just so cute! This is why we need Gene editing. Screw long life and super intelligence, I want spider turtle!!!

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      1 year ago

      This is too far. It’s just plain heathenistic.

      Everybody’s worried about sharks or drop bears or pit bulls… Spider turtle related concussions would be through the roof.

      We’d have to wear hard hats in the forest. They’d be dropping out of trees, bonking us on the heads like coconuts.

      You’d be trying to go to sleep, but your back hurts, like there’s a knot in it. Nope, you’re lying on top of a spider turtle. It’s shell has been giving you back problems for weeks!!

      Imagine… just imagine finding one in the toilet at 2 am. You’d feel way too guilty to pee on it & you’d have to use the other bathroom.

      You see cute. I see cold floors & a long, lonely distance with a full bladder… terrifying.