qntm @qntm.org 路 May 18 Wikipedia has no citation for its assertion that "[t]ortoises are typically slow-moving"
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It is left as an exercise for the reader to construct a reference frame in which the tortoise is moving quite fast actually
I once tortoise sat for someone. I will say that they are very slow when you're watching them, but the moment you turn your back they're off like a shot
What's needed here is really 1) a definition on the speed at which an animal is considered slow, 2) a list of turtles that surpass that threshold.
Per the Wikipedia Manual of Style, citations are not required in the lead section of an article. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
if you put a [citation needed] they'll often delete the whole sentence. which is sad! it's awesome that the encyclopedia reminds you that the slow animal is slow