r/MadeMeSmile • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 14h ago

ANIMALS Just a tiny tortoise walking toward the sunshine and making the world a little cuter along the way🌸(by@morty.the.tortie)

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u/Hot_Addendum_9199 8h ago

I love this so much! So darn cute.

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u/togetherwegrowstuff 7h ago

Omg that is adorable. I never would have thought to do this!! I actually lost a turtle in my yard. It ran away while I was cleaning it's tank and I never saw it again. I could have done this!

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u/Patient-Profit7987 14h ago

Honestly my thought was they only put it on outside so they don't lose the turtle in the grass. My family had a mating pair of desert tortoises as a kid and their babies were so hard to spot if they got into grass.

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u/Shoddy-Wishbone 4h ago

That is what it’s for. This, too, is a baby tortoise. ((Not a turtle))

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u/misterfluffykitty 9h ago

Holy shit man, it’s a pipe cleaner they put on a turtle for a short clip. Do you seriously think they’re leaving this on it for like weeks at a time?

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u/Ash_Cat_13 13h ago

Stop being so negative like you actually even care. If anything, given the newness of your acct, you’re a bot

This looks like a pretty great way to track the tortoise while it’s roaming outside. And it will not do any damage if it’s left on for a half hour or even an hour. Yes their shell is part of their body and yes, it is constantly growing, but the flimsy pipe liner is not going to cause a cinching effect in that short amount of time.

Yes, if they left it on for days and days that would cause an issue, I don’t think that’s what this person is doing.

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u/HamsterHueyGooie 9h ago

Reddit should just offer some kind of "Extra notes" space under videos so posters can state the context that so many people apparently need before they can enjoy something innocent.

I mean, yeah, people could write up some context anyway. Many do. But since it's something that seems to be intermittently necessary, it shouldn't occupy the same space as the regular original post text. It's just like a necessary hassle at that point, for the sake of pearl clutchers.

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u/nsjames1 4h ago

I thought that was forky for a second.

Then I was sad it wasn't forky.

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u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 13h ago

This isnt “cute”. Putting a dumbass background music doesn’t make it so. Its cruelty for internet clout.

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u/WelpWhatCanYouDo 7h ago

I believe this is somebody’s pet. Tortoises are notorious for getting lost when let outside, even the big ones. This is so they can find them easily!

It’s just pipe cleaner so I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s animal cruelty. There is something to be said about harassing wild animals which seems to be rather acceptable on the internet, but I don’t think it applies here.

Thank you for caring about animal cruelty tho <3 /gen