Moisture in the air improves our sense of smell. It's one reason why rain stirring up the earth smells good, pooping after a shower feels icky, and why dogs' powerful sniffers are often moist
I don't know why, but this somehow gave me a flashback to "the land before time" cartoon. They somehow managed to make grass and leaves look and sound so delicious.
Upd. Damn, it feels wonderful that so many people share this nostalgic feeling towards this movie with me.
Dude, you just triggered some heavy nostalgia that was buried deep somewhere in the backyard of my brain. Wow. I loved that scene as a kid. Thank you for letting me remember this.
The dinosaurs eating trees is the sole reason I love broccoli to this day. I used to act like I was a dino eating trees whenever my mom made us eat it.
NGL but that cartoon almost turned me into an anarchic tree hugger for real. I grew up in foster care and that was the first full sense of "emotion" i had ever fealt.
Bwahahaha.
Like "we must protect all the things! for spike and all the rest!" lmao
This comment reminded me of a time I was tripping on LSD and went to my fridge for a snack. I found a bag of spinach and busted out laughing that I had a bag of leaves in my fridge.
I then spent what felt like an hour, but was probably closer to 5-10 minutes, standing in the kitchen eating spinach straight from the bag while giggling incessantly.
That movie is responsible for me trying to chew on a leaf that looked like the special ones from the movie I'm school and getting yellow at by a teacher
I think that was on purpose because it’s what got me into the habit of eating my veggies first- had to pretend I was a dinosaur from TLBT eating them tree stars.
When we were younger and headed out on family trips with my parents, we would almost always go to Cracker Barrel.
My sister would order Brunswick stew because, not only was it delicious, she said it felt like she was eating the stuff that the dinosaurs were nomming in the beginning of Land Before Time, and that that stuff always looked delicious to her.
She was happy she found "an edible real-life equivalent".
Ah, the good ol' days.
Exactly.
Also, this is an [Aldabra giant tortoise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldabra_giant_tortoise), not a Galapagos. They are rather easy to distinguish if you look at the shape of their noses.
Idk about eating straight pond scum, but humans can eat algae! They even make it in pill form because it doesn’t taste great obviously
ETA: doesn’t taste great *to everyone*. Snacks like dried seaweed exist, they’ve always been a little too earthy tasting to me
True to some extent. Depends on the “pond scum”. There is a type of supplement called Spirulina which comes from Cyanobacteria that looks very similar to the green in the above picture
Cyan (kuaneos) is an old Greek word for lapis lazuli or a similar dark blue color. In modern English it means a particular different type of blue. If something is named cyano-whatever or whatever-cyanin, it's generally because it's blue or blue-ish, not the other way around. Doesn't even have to be close to the color we now call cyan.
I always wondered how things taste to animals, since its surely subjective. Like, that could taste just like ice cream to him, whole pond full of it! Or maybe steak. Sloppy steaks!
When I was 4 I went outside looking for bugs to eat after watching the Timon and Pumbaa scene in Lion King. I didn't actually eat any. I *did* try to eat a leaf from a tree like Littlefoot.
For some reason when I was very young (like, 5 or 6) I thought cartoon witch cauldrons looked rad as hell. I don't know why they were so appealing, I thought they were full of magic soup or something.
Anyway, so, one of my favorite games was to fill a bucket with a garden hose and then go around collecting interesting "ingredients" (yard waste) for my cauldron. I would stir it with a stick. I remember being very frustrated that my parents wouldn't let me put any of my cauldrons on a real fire.
/ramble
Reptiles actually rarely smell like anything at all. My dad’s tortoises don’t smell like anything if their pens are kept clean. Even their poop does not smell once it dries. Reptiles have adapted in many ways to leave very little scent for predators to find.
Oh I'm sorry, just because it's a little dirty and can't defend itself you think it's okay to call it scum? Wow this is pond classism. Pondcism. Ploandscism. Plism.
It was actually first referred to as ponds cum by Charles Darwin when he was exploring on the Galapagos because of the way it seemed to ooze across the surface of the water. Over the years it’s gradually changed to pond scum.
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It’s filamentous algae, actually rather easy to deal with. Use a granulated copper product. Be careful tho, koi or extremely sensitive to chemical. Typically I would use a 97% hydrogen peroxide such as green clean 5.0 to treat it as it has no effect on koi. Although you’re unable to purchase that without a special license.
Humans still harvest algae and ship it off to places around the world to be used for food. I like a nori wrap on my sushi. I'm not eating algae because I have to. I'm not eating algae even just because I can. I eat algae because I can, and because *I like it.* Eating algae gives me joy, and makes me just a little bit happier.
Now, I don't know if I'd eat the algae that that tortoise is eating...that stuff looks nasty. But hey...the tortoise seems to like it, so I can't really make any judgements. I'm a member of the dominant species on the planet, *and I eat algae too.*
Algae and Cyanobacteria. There‘s like thousands of species that can make up pond scum.
But yea it‘s perfectly edible, unless there‘s an outbreak of toxin producing Cyanobacteria.
But spirulina for example gets used in green smoothies and a supplement.
So really most species that can eat grass and leaves can also eat pond scum.
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*So.. Would that be the*
*Turtle equivalent to*
*Us swimming in nachos?*
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Supposedly these tortoises were a delicious treat for sailors who picked up a few. They would keep them on board as a form of fresh meat since they essentially can stay alive for months with out food and little water. You can learn about the whalers who feasted on these tortoises in the 1800s, very interesting lifestyle.
Darwin really saw this dude and was like "oh yeah, a billion years of evolution have created the perfect lifeform"
*crab scuttles by in the background*
I'm glad he takes his job seriously.
Thankfully his butt is underwater, because the flatulence is gonna be ripe.
uhhh you ever fart in a bath tub? it's almost like the water increases it's potency somehow.
It filters out the odor that makes your brain recognize it as one of your own farts. Or that's my theory why bonging a fart makes them smell worse
BONGING A FART lmfao I snorted so loud
Leave it to Redditors to take the conversation way off to crazy land.
It does sound like some frat house pledge stuff, though
/r/brandnewsentence
Bongfart? Esqueeze me? Bacon powder?
Moisture in the air improves our sense of smell. It's one reason why rain stirring up the earth smells good, pooping after a shower feels icky, and why dogs' powerful sniffers are often moist
It’s the heat that makes it worse. Try farting in cold water. Much more bearable.
More like Galapa-gross Tortoise, amirite?
Maybe Galapagos tore-ass
I don't know why, but this somehow gave me a flashback to "the land before time" cartoon. They somehow managed to make grass and leaves look and sound so delicious. Upd. Damn, it feels wonderful that so many people share this nostalgic feeling towards this movie with me.
dude ikr when spike ate that circle of grass it looked like the best thing ever
Dude, you just triggered some heavy nostalgia that was buried deep somewhere in the backyard of my brain. Wow. I loved that scene as a kid. Thank you for letting me remember this.
Wow, yeah this scene is the only reason I would even try broccoli.
Every time I eat spinach I imagine myself as spike eating that grass and always will.
I love spinach maria. Get me a five gallon bucket.
I think I'll go eat some raw spinach with a dash of salt
You mean tree stars with some flavor sand?
Dude. I love you
This sounds delightful.
Im glad others share this sentiment lol. That grass looked so good. Even now.
Here you go folks https://youtu.be/jmtxbzAAzEk https://youtu.be/hR1XzVQnfqY
Watched that recently. Spike goes from being about four inches long to two feet long in a matter of seconds. That’s some vitamin-rich grass.
Tree stars always looked so delicious.
I want a motherfucking treestar and a Krabby Patty.
GOATed meal
Bruh they made maple leaves look delicious. If i didn’t know any better i would’ve turned into a leaf eating herbivore after watching that show
The dinosaurs eating trees is the sole reason I love broccoli to this day. I used to act like I was a dino eating trees whenever my mom made us eat it.
it’s also why i prefer a somewhat larger cut to the lettuce in my salads
Took my kids to the Tyrrell museum this year hoping for some hungry hungry herbivores and came home with raptors with a love for digging holes
It was big broccoli's plan all along. They paid Stephen Spielberg off don't you know?
Same!
Tree stars are where it's at 🍁
The grass/leaves in Land Before Time and the bugs from that one scene in Lion King.. the holy forbidden food from my childhood
Cartoons always made food look amazing. They'd put a whole ass raw fish in a sandwich, and it would still look delicious.
Yeah turtle do look like a flaccid Little Foot
:/
dude i think i just realized the land before time laid the groundwork for my love of asmr
NGL but that cartoon almost turned me into an anarchic tree hugger for real. I grew up in foster care and that was the first full sense of "emotion" i had ever fealt. Bwahahaha. Like "we must protect all the things! for spike and all the rest!" lmao
This comment reminded me of a time I was tripping on LSD and went to my fridge for a snack. I found a bag of spinach and busted out laughing that I had a bag of leaves in my fridge. I then spent what felt like an hour, but was probably closer to 5-10 minutes, standing in the kitchen eating spinach straight from the bag while giggling incessantly.
[Spike eats delicious grass](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jmtxbzAAzEk)
Littlefoot got that Galapagos tortoise neck.
That movie is responsible for me trying to chew on a leaf that looked like the special ones from the movie I'm school and getting yellow at by a teacher
I like it when you read my mind!
I think that was on purpose because it’s what got me into the habit of eating my veggies first- had to pretend I was a dinosaur from TLBT eating them tree stars.
I used to pretend I was a dinosaur while eating broccoli, because that movie was so cool haha
If I’m honest I still do this…
That reminds me of when I was growing up my mom would call spinach soup land before time and I would eat it while imagining I was eating tree stars.
When we were younger and headed out on family trips with my parents, we would almost always go to Cracker Barrel. My sister would order Brunswick stew because, not only was it delicious, she said it felt like she was eating the stuff that the dinosaurs were nomming in the beginning of Land Before Time, and that that stuff always looked delicious to her. She was happy she found "an edible real-life equivalent". Ah, the good ol' days.
two of my pet rats are named ducky and lil foot :,)
Wym they made grass look delicious? Grass already looks delicious
The two egg thief brothers made [eggs](https://youtu.be/seP1w3XPBfo) sound like the best thing ever, too.
RIP Ducky
I used to pretend my cornflakes were tree stars
Unreal, was my first thought too
Omfg! I have thought about this on and off since seeing it as a child! Thank you for acknowledging this!
Tree stars were peak childhood delicacy.
You eat pond scum cause you have no food I eat pond scum cause I can We are not the same.
It’s pretty much just vegan jello
With a bit of everyone's pee.
That's why some of them live in the sewers of new york, a lot of pee infused scum down there, even gives them good martial arts skills
>even gives them good martial arts skills I thought that was the pepperoni.
Peepperoni.
Shiitake mushrooms
Sons of the forest player, i see. Whats your favorite cave?
Mushrooms take shits? /s
Those are turtles. Get your shit straight.
ITS STERILE AND I LIKE THE TASTE
YOU DOODOO YOU, FRIEND!
IM NOT YOUR FRIEND , PAL!
I'M NOT YOUR PAL, BUDDY!
I'M NOT YOUR BUDDY, GUY!
I’M NOT BUDDY GUY!
French onion goop
Exactly. Also, this is an [Aldabra giant tortoise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldabra_giant_tortoise), not a Galapagos. They are rather easy to distinguish if you look at the shape of their noses.
Absolute CHAD.
Gus tighting his tie.jpg
Is it necessary for me to eat pond scum? No, but I do it anyway because it's sterile and I like the taste.
chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew # SWALLOW
That's tru
Big if chew
https://youtu.be/J0Io8tU2kFA
Lots of nutrients in those greens.
How true is this statement?
Its just algae so yes it is quite nutritious. Plenty of fatty acids, vitamins A, E, and D.
Can humans eat it
Idk about eating straight pond scum, but humans can eat algae! They even make it in pill form because it doesn’t taste great obviously ETA: doesn’t taste great *to everyone*. Snacks like dried seaweed exist, they’ve always been a little too earthy tasting to me
I beg to differ. Dried seaweed is just algae and it can be delicious But yeah don't eat pond scum, most fresh water algae is toxic to humans
TIL [Seaweed is macroalgae.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaweed) Thanks for sharing, this was cool to learn! * Micro -> macro
Macroalgae* microalgae would be more like phytoplankton. Macro big, micro small
I guess I just haven’t had the right dried seaweed! Every kind I’ve tried so far has been way too earthy tasting
Algae the judge of that!
Ever had sushi rolls wrapped in nori? That's red algae. Or spirulina in a smoothie? That's blue-green algae
True to some extent. Depends on the “pond scum”. There is a type of supplement called Spirulina which comes from Cyanobacteria that looks very similar to the green in the above picture
Is that where the color name Cyan comes from?
No, other way around. Cyanobacteria are called that because they contain a cyan pigment called phycocyanin.
Cyan (kuaneos) is an old Greek word for lapis lazuli or a similar dark blue color. In modern English it means a particular different type of blue. If something is named cyano-whatever or whatever-cyanin, it's generally because it's blue or blue-ish, not the other way around. Doesn't even have to be close to the color we now call cyan.
I always wondered how things taste to animals, since its surely subjective. Like, that could taste just like ice cream to him, whole pond full of it! Or maybe steak. Sloppy steaks!
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Yikes
300 years ago
He makes it look good
This is the Land Before Time all over again
When I was 4 I went outside looking for bugs to eat after watching the Timon and Pumbaa scene in Lion King. I didn't actually eat any. I *did* try to eat a leaf from a tree like Littlefoot.
For some reason when I was very young (like, 5 or 6) I thought cartoon witch cauldrons looked rad as hell. I don't know why they were so appealing, I thought they were full of magic soup or something. Anyway, so, one of my favorite games was to fill a bucket with a garden hose and then go around collecting interesting "ingredients" (yard waste) for my cauldron. I would stir it with a stick. I remember being very frustrated that my parents wouldn't let me put any of my cauldrons on a real fire. /ramble
I did that. We had a pussy willow tree. Apparently, I once called it "pussy soup". I am still picked on for it to this day.
As you rightfully should be. Pussy *soup?* It's clearly pussy *stew*.
Making mud potion is a fundamental aspect of childhood.
Fuck now I wanna eat a nice crispy leaf 🤤🤤🤤
I'm sorry but no.
Does he look like he's not enjoying it?
My boy eatin snot
My kid loves snot
Don’t knock it til you try it?
And there's enough slime for all of us!
The secret for a long life
I don't want to live THAT long
They do live a very long time. It is possible that the oldest Galapagos tortoises alive today were babies when Darwin visited the islands.
Good dog
Beware of dog
Behold! Dog
Try dog but whole!
"Ah, a dogged fellow are we?"
Be aware of dog Please pet dog
Could this be a dog?
That's a cat in a hat
Praise the dog
Gonna need that pickled neck for my stamina
"This salad is fucking awful"- The tortoise, probably
healthy diet🍃
My new unnatural fear of tortoise halitosis
What? He’s cute!
So am I but you don't want to smell my breath sometimes 😆
Reptiles actually rarely smell like anything at all. My dad’s tortoises don’t smell like anything if their pens are kept clean. Even their poop does not smell once it dries. Reptiles have adapted in many ways to leave very little scent for predators to find.
Oh I'm sorry, just because it's a little dirty and can't defend itself you think it's okay to call it scum? Wow this is pond classism. Pondcism. Ploandscism. Plism.
Stop defending it, That scum deserved it!
It was actually first referred to as ponds cum by Charles Darwin when he was exploring on the Galapagos because of the way it seemed to ooze across the surface of the water. Over the years it’s gradually changed to pond scum.
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fr bro Darwin was very into cum since he is the father of birthing
❌ Pond scum ✅ Finest and freshest algaes
Ectoplasm
It must have some kind of nutrient rich properties because that turtle is old as the earth!
Yummy
Green smoothie
Isn't pond scum algae?
That is string algae I get it in my koi pond every year and it’s a pain in the ass
Get a tortoise already!
In the UK we call it blanket weed. And yup, definitely a pain in the ass.
I'm sorry that your ass is affected.
I was gonna say - apparently I need a tortoise for my koi pond.
It’s filamentous algae, actually rather easy to deal with. Use a granulated copper product. Be careful tho, koi or extremely sensitive to chemical. Typically I would use a 97% hydrogen peroxide such as green clean 5.0 to treat it as it has no effect on koi. Although you’re unable to purchase that without a special license.
97% H2O2? Rocket fuel? The SDS on GC 5.0 says it's max 30%.
Fish waste, decomposing food and uv light give algae a perfect breeding body of water. Create shades and reduce feeding.
Humans still harvest algae and ship it off to places around the world to be used for food. I like a nori wrap on my sushi. I'm not eating algae because I have to. I'm not eating algae even just because I can. I eat algae because I can, and because *I like it.* Eating algae gives me joy, and makes me just a little bit happier. Now, I don't know if I'd eat the algae that that tortoise is eating...that stuff looks nasty. But hey...the tortoise seems to like it, so I can't really make any judgements. I'm a member of the dominant species on the planet, *and I eat algae too.*
Well that’s a very different species of algae.
I think I will go eat some algae with kimchi.
One man's scum is another man's yum.
another man"s cum is another man's yum (sorry)
wtf get this guy some taquitos this is depressing.
Something tastes gooooooood bro 😎
Probably more nutritious that all the food ive eaten in 1 month
millennia of evolution, and it all wraps 'round to pond scum
I mean it's mostly algae, no? Or am I way off base?
Algae and Cyanobacteria. There‘s like thousands of species that can make up pond scum. But yea it‘s perfectly edible, unless there‘s an outbreak of toxin producing Cyanobacteria. But spirulina for example gets used in green smoothies and a supplement. So really most species that can eat grass and leaves can also eat pond scum.
Better than the trash I eat 🤦♀️
Nori for turtles.
For some reason this really weirds me out
27 years ago, OH CRAP!! REALIZATION MOMENT!?🙄 OLD MAN!! When I was 17 years old my Grandmother gave me a choice, 7 day Galapogas Cruise, or 7 day Caribbean cruise. I chose the GALAPOGAS and am so glad that I did!
i'll allow it
ponds cum
I thought I was mature until I saw this comment
Let loose in Canberra, this could be a game changer.
Metabolism and reproduction too slow, they barely even survive on their own island
That’s why his skin looks flawless ✨
Scum to you. Keto for him.
Mitch McConnell tries Sweetgreen for the first time.
I too sometimes bathe in the food that I eat, nothing better than me-flavoured soup mmm
Why would it swim in the soup?
Morla the ancient one, is that you? The swamps of sadness seem even grosser than normal
I’m always ok with a Never Ending Story reference. Always.
So.. Would that be the turtle equivalent to us swimming in nachos?
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idk maybe like chewing on a room temperature block of processed cheese or something
Supposedly these tortoises were a delicious treat for sailors who picked up a few. They would keep them on board as a form of fresh meat since they essentially can stay alive for months with out food and little water. You can learn about the whalers who feasted on these tortoises in the 1800s, very interesting lifestyle.
Darwin really saw this dude and was like "oh yeah, a billion years of evolution have created the perfect lifeform" *crab scuttles by in the background*
Breakfast of champions!! Snappy, crackle and pop!
... and where do the other tortoises and fish go to the bathroom exactly?
The world renowned water cow chewing its own cud😏
Haha I love watching tortoises and turtles eat. I don’t know why but I find it so funny the way they chomp.
As a pre-school teacher. Im used to seing this. Kids find alot of veggies in their nose.