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A piano made of mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell, from 1853, New York City (lemmy.world)
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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 66 points 1 week ago (3 children)

All those poor tortoises walking around without their shells.

[–] murmelade@lemmy.ml 41 points 1 week ago

If you do it right, horizontal stripes, they just become armadillos. It's quite eco friendly.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 16 points 1 week ago

They were forced to transition to lizard.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

And all those pearls that lost their mothers