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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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To: ProtectOurFreedom

If the species name is not “Bowie” or “Sid” (or even “Billy”), I am going to be very disappointed with the biologists who discovered this.


21 posted on 04/12/2018 8:53:22 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“OK doc, I give him mouth to mouth resuscitation”

‘what did the doc say?’

“Doc says he’s gonna die”


22 posted on 04/12/2018 8:55:00 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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Story seems a little bit fishy to me


23 posted on 04/12/2018 9:00:25 AM PDT by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I wonder if Mitch McConnell breathes through his genitals too.


24 posted on 04/12/2018 9:06:44 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: Bonemaker

Q. What’s the quickest way to be added to the Endangered Species List?

A. Make your habitat along the Mexican border where Trump wants to build his wall.


25 posted on 04/12/2018 9:21:39 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I looked at the picture. I think it’s a new gender.


26 posted on 04/12/2018 9:36:42 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair." - Edith Wharton)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Cool! I want to buy that turtle a beer!!


27 posted on 04/12/2018 9:39:06 AM PDT by Lockbar (What would Vlad The Impaler do?)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Most turtles, if not all, can “cloacally breathe”, at least to some extent. Maybe these turtles are exceptionally good at it.


28 posted on 04/12/2018 10:12:16 AM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

As the elephant said to the naked tourist: “How do you breathe through that thing?”


29 posted on 04/12/2018 10:15:10 AM PDT by Bob (Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The original Chia Pet.....


30 posted on 04/12/2018 10:16:33 AM PDT by varon (“Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Anyone Who Threatens It”)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

31 posted on 04/12/2018 10:19:41 AM PDT by Bobalu (12 diet Cokes and a fried chicken...)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Reproduction must suffocate them...no wonder they are endangered...only those who can hold their breath survive...

LOL


32 posted on 04/12/2018 10:46:00 AM PDT by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Interesting animal...


33 posted on 04/12/2018 12:13:02 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Added to endangered list? That doesn’t mean much, apparently. From another article at the same site, same publication time and date ...

“The Australian government does not have a plan to save an endangered Australian turtle species that received global attention on Thursday for its green mohawk and its ability to breathe through its genitals.”


34 posted on 04/12/2018 12:15:16 PM PDT by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

By God any animal that can breath through it’s genitals must be saved!


35 posted on 04/12/2018 12:48:20 PM PDT by Desron13 (E)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“...that breathes through its genitals”

Oh, nevermind. I thought this was about liberals.


36 posted on 04/12/2018 2:23:58 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Ah geeze not another Gremlins movie...

/sarc


37 posted on 04/12/2018 4:58:18 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: dfwgator

Kirk: “Bones, you’ve got to... Hook me up..

That chick from Rygel 7 gave me the... Botholian clap.”

Bones:. “Damnit Jim, stop screwing green women and you wouldn’t have that problem!”


38 posted on 04/12/2018 5:04:49 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: SgtHooper

Liberals only think about their genitals and what they do with them 24x7x365. They probably dream of breathing through them.


39 posted on 04/12/2018 5:11:58 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Vaquero
"Seems to be a ballchinian"

GMTA:


40 posted on 04/12/2018 5:27:16 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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