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Green-haired turtle that breathes through its genitals added to endangered list
The Guardian ^ | April 12, 2018 | Anon

Posted on 04/12/2018 8:18:57 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

It sports a green mohican, fleshy finger-like growths under its chin and can breathe through its genitals.

The Mary river turtle is one of the most striking creatures on the planet, and it is also one of the most endangered.

The 40cm long turtle, which is only found on the Mary river in Queensland, features in a new list of the most vulnerable reptile species compiled by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).

Despite the turtle’s punk appearance – derived from vertical strands of algae that also grow on its body – its docile nature made it historically popular as a pet.

Gill-like organs within its cloaca – an orifice used by reptiles for excretion and mating – enable it to stay underwater for up to three days, but it was unable to hide from the pet collectors who raided its nests during the 1960s and 1970s. The turtle is placed at 30th on ZSL’s Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (Edge) list for reptiles.


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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: endangered; turtle
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LOL...If today were April 1, I'd be skeptical.

Well, ok, color me a little skeptical anyway. But it seems true.

1 posted on 04/12/2018 8:18:57 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Punk turtles? With attached snorkel?


2 posted on 04/12/2018 8:20:40 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

A different kind of BJ.


3 posted on 04/12/2018 8:21:36 AM PDT by AJFavish (www.allanfavish.com)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

This is about Mitch McConnell, right?


4 posted on 04/12/2018 8:22:42 AM PDT by RedEyeJack (What was the basis for the restriction?)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Someone’s going to get a ‘Booting’ for that.


5 posted on 04/12/2018 8:22:43 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Insert photo of Jeb here.”


6 posted on 04/12/2018 8:25:44 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Survival of the fittest — someone has to lose.


7 posted on 04/12/2018 8:31:01 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Mitch McConnell without makeup?


8 posted on 04/12/2018 8:34:52 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
That way he never has to come up for air.


9 posted on 04/12/2018 8:35:07 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I can tell you how he dies....


10 posted on 04/12/2018 8:35:07 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I’d be growing green hair too if I had to smell my butt 24/7.


11 posted on 04/12/2018 8:35:49 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

A Muppet turtle?


12 posted on 04/12/2018 8:37:01 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: WKUHilltopper

Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles...


13 posted on 04/12/2018 8:37:32 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: bgill

LOL!


14 posted on 04/12/2018 8:38:02 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Some species just need to be extinct.


15 posted on 04/12/2018 8:38:45 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Image result for green haired punk

 

I TOLD her not to have sex with that turtle. But did she listen? Nooooo.

And see what happened? SEE?

16 posted on 04/12/2018 8:39:26 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Seems to be a ballchinian


17 posted on 04/12/2018 8:39:33 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“If the bitch is green, there must be something wrong with the p____y.”


18 posted on 04/12/2018 8:40:32 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: WKUHilltopper

Democrat turtle...talks out the ass.


19 posted on 04/12/2018 8:45:03 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo“The frustration of FBI veterans is simple to decipipher.” But not frustrated enoug)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

All species are expendable. Nature has already seen most of the species of organisms on this earth come and go. Only life as a whole endures.


20 posted on 04/12/2018 8:46:15 AM PDT by kickstart ("A gun is a tool. It is only as good or as bad as the man who uses it" . Alan Ladd in 'Shane')
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