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Subject:	tortoise
From:	Elizabeth Compston <>
Date:	Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:07:33 +1100

I have just found this on the internet

Just to confuse matters: Scientifically speaking, the Long-necked Tortoise and all other freshwater tortoises are turtles. They have been given the tortoise common name to distinguish then from large marine turtles.

So what do we call them?

Elizabeth

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