Speedy the Turtle

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal, Video Clips on October 23, 2009 at 10:04 am


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Who says turtles are slow? This strange-looking soft shell turtle made a quick getaway! -via Unique Daily

 
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Lucky the Legless Turtle

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal on August 23, 2009 at 5:19 pm


Lucky is a turtle living in Petaluma, California. On July 31st, Lucky was attacked by what his owner Sally Pyne believes was a raccoon. A veterinarian amputated what was left of Lucky’s front legs. But Lucky can walk again, since the vet put stacked plastic chair sliders under the front of his shell, allowing his back legs to push him along without catching his shell against the ground. Link (with video) -via Buzzfeed

 
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Tortoise Survivor

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal on August 1, 2009 at 9:28 am

A fire broke out in Becky Smith’s home when a heat lamp turned over on her tortoise cage, setting the wood chip litter ablaze. The bedrooms were engulfed, and two tortoises died. A third tortoise named Shelli was thought to be dead as well, as his cage was melted.

He was so hot he ‘phfizzed’ when firefighters put him in water – and then poked his head out.

‘The firemen said he was steaming when they put him in the bucket of water and he was so hot they couldn’t pick him up,’ said Ms Smith, 27.

‘It’s a miracle he is OK – especially when you see the state of the cage.’

Vets kept him in overnight and Shelli is now nibbling cucumber again.

Link -via Arbroath

 
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How the Turtle Got its Shell

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal on July 10, 2009 at 11:39 am

You only have to look at a turtle once to realize how different they are from other vertebrates. Where did that shell come from?

The shell itself is made from broadened and flattened ribs, fused to parts of the turtle’s backbone (so that unlike in cartoons, you couldn’t pull a turtle out of its shell). The shoulder blades sit underneath this bony case, effectively lying within the turtle’s ribcage. In all other back-boned animals, whose shoulder blades sit outside their ribs (think of your own back for a start). The turtle’s torso muscles are even more bizarrely arranged.

Ed Yong looks at turtle anatomy and how this weird configuration evolved from the basic vertebrate plan. Link

 
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Caution: Ferocious Turtle

Posted by Alex in Advertising, Animal, Funny, Pictures on May 30, 2009 at 7:44 am

I met a ferocious turtle once. Turns out it was just hungry … Actually, the sign above is an ingenious direct mail campaign by SulAmérica, a provider of home insurance. The company has a very unusual database of what pets their clients own.

Sun/MRM ad agency of Brazil engineered a clever direct mail campaign, where they send funny signs to people who have birds, turtles, ferrets but no watch dogs to protect their homes! With this customized campaign, over 85% of the people renewed their insurance (as compared to 30% the year before the campaign).

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Turtle One, Pigeon Zero

Posted by Queuebot in Animal on April 1, 2009 at 10:24 am


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It looks like another day in the park until … snap, the turtle has the pigeon, drags it underwater, and a few token feathers float back to the surface. Turtles might looks slow, but beware.

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Urbanist.

 
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