Unidentified Flying Tortoise

Do you want to see a tortoise dressed up as a flying saucer?  You know you do.  Click here now.  Happy Halloween!  Pokey didn't feel like dressing up.  Sorry, she takes after her mom.

 

Image by farconville via freedigitalphotos.net

 

This Moment

I just wanted to wish everyone a turtley awesome Friday!

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The Soft Shell Suck & Spew?

I have felt deep sympathy for the soft shell turtles of the world for years. Clearly the underdog of ancient beauty, the soft shell seemed to need my love more than the other species.  Yet, a new study has revealed something that almost explains why their noses resemble those of pigs: they're so dirty they pee out of their mouths.  Were they created to represent ostracism? Geez.

Hope for the Vietnamese Box Turtle

The birth of any baby is exciting, but sometimes they feel like small miracles. Such is the case at the Bristol Zoo where they have hatched their first baby Vietnamese Box Turtle, a species at risk of extinction.

Hatching of tiny rare turtle is huge breakthrough for city zoo | This is Bristol

Saved by a Fall

Normally, falling off a truck in the middle of a highway would seem horribly sad, but since these turtles were on their way to be sold as food the bump of the street must have brought relief. 

Turtle rescue slows traffic on Highway 58 | KGET TV 17

Rare Reptile Student Status

All the headlines on this 'happy ending' make it sound like the turtle became a student, yet the articles state little about what the turtle will do on campus. Does anyone know if he/she will be a student, the subject of a study, or a free agent roaming campus like a 12th year senior?

Turtle becomes talk of town, goes to college | Zanesville Times Recorder | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com

Turtley Mean

In case you were wondering, turtles do not like to fly and have trouble climbing trees and / or getting out of them. Please don't torture your local reptiles by trying to create the sequel to Disney's "Up".  Thank you & have a turtley awesome day!

The news that inspired this message: A Terrible Person Taped a Turtle to Some Balloons, Then Let It Go [Horrible People]