Talk:Suzumiya Haruhi:Volume7 Chapter 6

Tortoise or Turtle?

Are you sure that the original text refers to a "tortoise", and not a "turtle" as was the translation in the previous chapter?

Tortoises have legs, and live on land, while turtles have flippers and can swim...

--Shadowfall 11:46, 13 February 2007 (PST)

We had a discussion about this before, and it seems we implicitly agreed it should be turtle. Coupled with the description given in the text when Kyon buys the critter (chapter 5 - a tank filled with water), I'd say it's turtles all the way down... sort of speak. :) Smidge204 12:33, 13 February 2007 (PST)

LOL. It seems to be a "tortoisy" yellow-margined box turtle. I'll put something in the discussion in the earlier chapter.--Nutcase 11:53, 15 February 2007 (PST)

Okay, so I finally read through chapter5, and its a golden coin turtle, another box turtle species. Distinction without a difference for our purposes...--Nutcase 10:43, 16 February 2007 (PST)