@wonderofscience Surely this must be the origin of the World Turtle myth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Turtle

@wonderofscience The Great A'Tuin.

@wonderofscience For the visually impaired:
The massive turtle in the photo has a tall column of soil covering most of its shell. The top of the column is perfectly flat, and various green plant grow on the top, so that it seems the turtle has a little world on its back.

Please always include #AltText in your images for the benefit of the Fediverse's many visually impaired users. #AltTextForYou

@wonderofscience this is obviously how Great A'Tuin came to be.
#Discworld

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Neverending Story - Morla

https://youtu.be/Pj7mbpUhXz0

#NeverendingStory #Morla

@wonderofscience OMG it even took its own weighted blanket with it!

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Put some elephants between the greenery and his shell and this is a picture of the world turtle.

@wonderofscience Great A'Tuin has woken!

@wonderofscience My humble contribution to the memeing in this thread: Torterra.

@wonderofscience are there elephants in there? My first thought was "#Discworld!"

@wonderofscience literally an RPG boss

@wonderofscience Definitely feeling the weight of the world on its back.

@wonderofscience Monday morning waking into work vibes.

@wonderofscience Mondays, right?

@wonderofscience no way! 😲

@wonderofscience It looks like it was completely covered during sleeping(?) How did it breathe then?

@wonderofscience proof of a flat earth! Finally!

@wonderofscience Torterra

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"See the TURTLE of enormous girth! On his shell he holds the earth. His thought is slow but always kind; he holds us all within his mind .On his back all vows are made; he sees the truth but mayn't aid. He loves the land and loves the sea, And even loves a child like me."
Steven King - Dark Tower series

@wonderofscience oh snap, where's your science now, round globular spherical earthers?

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Caption:. A little help 🙏

@wonderofscience ho ! baby A'Tuin !! #discworld

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(Octothorp-DiscWorldIsReal) 😜

@wonderofscience good morning rise and shine 🐢

@wonderofscience Wow!

@wonderofscience if only they had a monocle

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Turtwig evolved!

@wonderofscience This reminds me of Freya's house on top of a Giant Turtle in God of War and God of War: Ragnarok when Kratos deals with the Norse gods.

@wonderofscience So, this is the baby stage of the Adamantoise, right? https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Adamantoise_(Final_Fantasy_XV)

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Discworld!

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Fantastic report on "butt gas" and snappers. Thanks for sharing!

@wonderofscience We had some big snappers in the mill pond- amazing to imagine sitting under that muck all winter.

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Needs more elephants.

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Where are the elephants?

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So, he owns some real estate...sweet!

@wonderofscience Pretty sure I fought this guy in #EldenRing.

@wonderofscience So ... it really is turtles all the way down?

Wow.

@wonderofscience Great A'Tuin

@wonderofscience Getting ready to take flight among the stars. #Discworld #GNUTerryPratchett

@wonderofscience He looks like he could be the origin story for Terry Pratchett’s turtle

@wonderofscience oh look it is a pokemon in real life

@wonderofscience Kaiju!!! 🐢

@wonderofscience a rare picture of a baby A'Tuin!
#DiscWorld #TerryPratchet

@wonderofscience thank you!
"winter mud hole" is the term i always needed

@wonderofscience a small mobile private island

@wonderofscience I feel seen.

@wonderofscience Objective proof that it's turtles all the way down.

@wonderofscience I guess lion turtles do exist, then!

@wonderofscience and now he’s pissed!!!

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Coffee ☕ time

@wonderofscience turtles all the way down

@wonderofscience Turtle island

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I particularly liked this chapter in God of War (2018).

@wonderofscience ass, cash or grass. No one rides for free. 😊

@wonderofscience Smol A'Tuin!

@wonderofscience Turtles also go to hibernation?

@wonderofscience #terrypratchet alert

@wonderofscience It's the Great A'Tuin. That's obviously #Discworld on his back.

@wonderofscience Where are the elephants?
#discworld #greatatuin

@wonderofscience A’Tuin

@elfenlaid

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Carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.

@wonderofscience I smell soup.

@wonderofscience "Et pourtant, elle se meut !"

@wonderofscience that's a disk world, no ?

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And we wonder why the Iroquois believe the world...looks just like this.

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Amazing!

@wonderofscience the turtle moves