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==Turtle film set to become Hollywood blockbuster==
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[[Image:Turtles-20090227_Turtle film.jpg|thumb|right| Source: [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthcomment/4863326/Turtle-film-set-to-become-Hollywood-blockbuster.html telegraph.co.uk]]]
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<small>2009.02.27 - telegraph.co.uk</small>
  
[[Image:Turtles-20071107-Cayman Airways redesign.jpg|thumb|right|A Cayman Airways plane returns from Costa Rica branded with Coat of Arms. ([http://caymannetnews.com Cayman Net News])]]
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<small>2007.11.07</small>
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:''The story behind Turtle: The Incredible Journey, a film tracking the journey of a loggerhead turtle as she travels across the Atlantic Ocean and narrated by twice Oscar-nominated actress '''Miranda Richardson'''.''
  
To recap, Cayman Airways has been going through a rebranding process recently.  Much fuss was made by Cayman Islands residents when they announced they would be removing the Sir Turtle logo.
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Yay! Queenie's back!
They seem to have come up with a (IMO good) compromise with a redesign that still includes the Sir Turtle logo, positioned in a new location by the front door of the plane with the new (branding) logo on the tail.  (Although a lot of the 'don't remove it' camp are still complaining.)
 
  
[http://www.caymannetnews.com/news/newspublish/home.print.php?news_id=3227 more >>]
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[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthcomment/4863326/Turtle-film-set-to-become-Hollywood-blockbuster.html more >>]
  
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''byeee...''
 
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==Rare white tortoise fished out of Lake Poyang==
 
[[Image:Turtles-20071102-Chinese albino tortoise.jpg|thumb|right|This photo shows the white tortoise found in Lake Poyang. (Photo: jxnews.com.cn)]]
 
  
<small>2007.11.02</small>
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==Shell shocker: The baby turtle born with two-heads can eat its Chinese food faster==
  
This time it's China's turn to find an albino tortoise.
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[[Image:Turtles-20080913_China_Shell shocker - The baby turtle born with two-heads_1.jpg|thumb|right|'''Two heads means we can eat faster!''' Source: [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1055374/Shell-shocker-The-baby-turtle-born-heads.html dailymail.co.uk]]]
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<small>2008.09.13 - Water World aquatic farm at Wuwei town in Anhui, eastern China</small>
  
:''A rare white tortoise was recently found in Lake Poyang in east China's Jiangxi province.''
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([[Turtle_News/Archive003#Shell_shocker:_The_baby_turtle_born_with_two-heads_can_eat_Chinese_food_faster|Permalink]])
:''Local newspaper Jiangnan City Daily reports the tortoise was purchased on Thursday by a wholesaler in Yugan county on the southeastern bank of the Poyang Lake, one of China's biggest fresh water lakes.''
 
:''An aquaculture expert says the cause for its abnormal color is complex, maybe from living in underwater caves without sunlight for too long or from genetic mutation.''
 
  
[http://english.cri.cn/4426/2007/11/02/1221@290335.htm more>>]
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The Chinese decided to get in on the two-headed turtle action that's been going around lately. This one has been getting a bit of attention on the net this week. And no, it really isn't that small, those are just the giant prop hands they use in CSI for closeup camera shots. Fine, don't believe me.  I don't believe me either, so that makes two of us.  Innneeecuuuuute!
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==Tortoise threatens man==
 
  
<small>2007.11.02</small>
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:''It is the baby turtle that proves two heads really are better than one.''
  
OK, I've heard about siccing your dogs on someone, feeding them to your pet shark / alligator / whatever, but sending in the tortoise is just going too far!!
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:''While its siblings grow at a the usual steady pace, this tiny creature is speeding ahead.''
  
:''Another bizzare incident has occured on the Copperbelt in which a man has received a letter delivered by a tortoise threatening him for failing to settle a debt. In September, a Kitwe resident received letters from NAKONDE delivered by a tortoise and a dove asking him to pay K50 million he owed. This time the incident involves a Ndola resident, Mumena Mushinge, who allegedly owes a Tanzanian national, Sumba Wanga K26.9 million. The tortoise carrying the letter written in Swahili was found at Mr. Mushinge’s residence on President Avenue Thursday morning.  The letter from a Mr. Jean Marie has given Mr. Mushinge three days to pay the money or face serious consequences, which include death.''
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:''The reason for its extraordinary growth spurt is simple: having two heads mean it eats twice as fast.''
  
[http://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=1492 more >>]
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(Be sure to check the link for more pictures.)
  
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[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1055374/Shell-shocker-The-baby-turtle-born-heads.html more >>]
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<!-- http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/200809/20508.asp -->
 
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==America's latest controversy -- turtle fences==
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==Fossil of Ancient Pregnant Turtle Discovered==
  
[[Image:Turtles-20071024-Turtle Fence.jpg|thumb|right|Turtle fence along US 31. (Source: [http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7250128&nav=0Rcdap7a WoodTV])]]
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[[Image:Turtles-20080827_Canada_Fossil of Ancient Pregnant Turtle Discovered.jpg|thumb|right|'''Features of the five crushed eggs discovered inside the fossil turtle's body cavity suggested the female turtle would have laid them in a matter of days.''' Credit: Darla Zelenitsky, University of Calgary.]]
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<small>2008.08.27 - Canada</small>
  
<small>2007.10.25</small>
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([[Turtle_News/Archive003#Fossil_of_Ancient_Pregnant_Turtle_Discovered|Permalink]])
  
With American foreign policy in a shambles, our war spending beyond comprehension, this week our elected officials decided to argue about ... turtles.
 
  
Michigan has started construction on a fence to keep turtles off of US Highway 31. Republican congressman Peter Hoekstra believes it's a waste of taxpayer money[http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=82665]. 
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:''A turtle that toddled alongside the dinosaurs died just days before laying a clutch of eggs.''
  
''(Perhaps he believes the 300k could be better put to use in buying a ''bolt'' for a jet in Iraq. In the state vs federal power debate, I often favor state rights over federal. I love the following rebuttal. --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 13:00, 28 October 2007 (CDT))''
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:''Scientists from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Canada discovered the turtle in 1999 in a mud-filled channel in the badlands of southeastern Alberta. Then, in 2005, University of Calgary scientists found a nest of 26 eggs laid by another female of the same species in the same region.''
  
:''Your elected leaders in Lansing have not had the luxury you have had of repeatedly rubberstamping unbalanced federal budgets.  In fact, the federal budgets of the past several years have grown at an average annual rate of more than seven percent since 2002, while Michigan's general fund spending was lower in 2007 than it was in 2002.  With all due respect, I do not believe your state budget advice would advance our state budget or economic climates.''
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:''The pregnant turtle represents the first fossil turtle to be unearthed with eggs still inside the body cavity, the scientists say. ''
::-- Governor Granholm[http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=82706]
 
  
Brian Dickerson points this out[http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071028/COL04/710280597/1001/NEWS]:
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[http://www.livescience.com/animals/080827-pregnant-turtle.html more >>]
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==(Another) Two-headed loggerhead turtle named Hope and Faith==
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[[Image:Turtles-20080824_SC_2-headed turtle named Hope and Faith.jpg|thumb|right|'''The two-headed turtle was given two names: Hope and Faith'''
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([http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/aug/24/headed_turtles_name_just_right51884/ Charleston.net])]]
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<small>2008.08.24</small>
  
:''In reality, Hoekstra's alarm is about as genuine as Claude Rains' shock at discovering that gambling was going on in Humphrey Bogart's Casablanca café.''
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([[Turtle_News/Archive002#.28Another.29_Two-headed_loggerhead_turtle_named_Hope_and_Faith|Permalink]])
  
:''As Michigan transportation officials pointed out in a more private exchange of letters with Hoekstra in 2005, federal restrictions he and his congressional colleagues approved require each state to spend a portion of its highway money on nonconstruction projects -- and specifically suggest wildlife preservation as an appropriate use of such funds.''
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:''A two-headed loggerhead turtle hatchling released to the ocean at Kiawah Island last week didn't leave without a twin name — "Hope and Faith."''
  
[http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071028/COL04/710280597/1001/NEWS more >>]
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:''It was named by 9-year-old Grace McKeehan, who found it struggling futilely in the sand.''
  
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Are two-headed turtles a sign of the Apocalypse?
==Drunken fishermen have all the luck==
 
  
[[Image:Turtles-20071020-Drunken fisherman finds albino turtle.jpg|thumb|right|A Rare Albino Tortoise]]
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[http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/aug/24/headed_turtles_name_just_right51884/ more >>]
  
<small>2007.10.20</small>
 
  
[[Turtle News/Archive001#Albino_Turtle_Draws_Visitors_at_Indian_Zoo|Another]] albino tortoise showed up in India this week.
 
 
:''A rare white tortoise was brought by an inebriated fisherman to a person in Warangal, India two days back. People rushed to visit the tortoise saying that it was a sign of kurmavataram (Tortoise posture) of Lord Vishnu.''
 
 
[http://www.picable.com/Nature/Animals/A-Rare-White-Tortoise.52793 more >>]
 
 
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==Two-headed turtle discovered by Indiana eighth-graders==
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[[Image:Turtles-20080822_IN_Two-headed turtle discovered by eighth-graders.jpg|thumb|right|'''Two-headed turtle discovered by eighth-graders'''
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([http://www.wndu.com/localnews/headlines/27288834.html WNDU])]]
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<small>2008.08.22</small>
  
==Exploding Turtles, Oh my!==
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([[Turtle_News/Archive002#Two-headed_turtle_discovered_by_Indiana_eighth-graders|Permalink]])
  
[[Image:Turtles-20071013-Exploding Turtles.jpg|thumb|right|Sprinkler being recalled]]
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See the article for a video.
  
<small>2007.10.12</small>
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:''But that's not all that is strange about this turtle. It also has two tails and four front feet.''
  
Ross Stores is recalling about 1,800 turtle-shaped sprinklers.  
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:''Two eighth-graders at Queen of Peace School have been monitoring a turtle and her eggs all summer. Finally Thursday night some of the eggs hatched.''
  
:'''''Hazard''': The turtle’s body can fill with water, causing it to crack or explode, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.''
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:''That's when they discovered this odd turtle.''
  
Talk about shell shock! (What? You didn't like the pun? Too overused? OK, OK I'll try harder next time.)
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One thing interesting about this type of conjoined turtle that may be beneficial for its survival is the 4 front feet. In a normal 2-headed turtle with two front feet, the turtle struggles to move anywhere. Since the two heads can't 'communicate' like humans can, it's had to coordinate walking when one brain controls the left side and one brain controls the right side. However, in this case, each brain controls 3 legs apiece. Eventually one of them will probably take physical dominance and be able to go essentially wherever it needs to in search of food, etc.
  
[http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml08/08026.html more >>]
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[http://www.wndu.com/localnews/headlines/27288834.html more, including video >>]
 
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==Become a sea turtle!==
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==Surgery saves sea turtle==
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[[Image:Turtles-20080313-turtle-rescue_248.jpg|thumb|right|Tchompy, the lucky loggerhead.
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[http://www.ibnlive.com/news/miracle-surgery-saves-sea-turtle/61077-11.html IBNlive]]]
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<small>2008.03.13</small>
  
<small>2007.10.09</small>
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:''Yaniv Levy of the Israeli Sea Turtle Rescue Center said Tchompy is approximately 15-years-old, suffered severe injuries to his front fins after being entangled in a fishing net.''
  
Every tuesday from 10:30-11:30am bring your hatchlings(2-4yrs) to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center for ''Turtle Tales'', an hour of turtle inspired stories and crafts.
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:''The turtle underwent emergency surgery in Israel on February 22 to reconstruct one of his fins, but the other fin had to be amputated. ''
  
I wish I could go!  (Well, except for the ''hatchlings'' part.  I just want to hear the turtle tales. The book they're doing next is already on my [http://amazon.com/gp/registry/866XSZSD965A Amazon Wishlist]. *hint*)  However, I'm seriously disappointed no transformation is actually occurring! :(
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:''Veterinary surgeons inserted a metal plate and screws into the turtle's fin so that it wouldn't have to be amputated.''
  
[http://gstc.blogspot.com/2007/10/become-sea-turtle.html more >>]
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[http://www.ibnlive.com/news/miracle-surgery-saves-sea-turtle/61077-11.html more >>]
 
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==Two Headed Turtle Confusion==
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==Replica of Revolutionary Turtle successfully launched ==
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[[Image:Turtles-20071109-Turtle_Submarine.jpg|thumb|right|Roy Manstan, a retired submarine engineer and pilot of a replica of the 1775 Turtle submarine, climbs into the sub before it is launched. (BOB MACDONNELL, [http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ctturtle1111.artnov11,0,1391378.story?coll=hc_tab01_layout Hartford Courant])]]
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<small>2007.11.09</small>
  
[[Image:Turtles-20070208-Two-Headed Turtle on the Late Show.jpg|thumb|right|The turtle on the Late Show]]
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A replica of The Turtle (a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_%281775%29 Revolutionary War Submarine], the world's first submarine used in battle) was launched successfully this week.
I'd like to clear up some confusion.
 
  
A video has (re)surfaced this week of a two-headed turtle on the Late Show.  This video is from [http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/wahoo/index/php/20070619.phtml February] and is not to be confused with the recent turtles in the news from [[Turtle News/20070928 Two-Headed Turtle Displayed in Suburban Philadelphia Pet Store|Geneva]], [[Turtle News/20070928 Two-Headed Turtle Displayed in Suburban Philadelphia Pet Store|PA]] or [[Turtle News#Twin-turtle Shell Shock|NY]].  Apparently someone did a 'net search after hearing about the PA one in the news, found the old video, and believed it was the new turtle.
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:''After 20 minutes of steering the ultra-tiny, one-man submarine through the Connecticut River, Navy-trained diver Roy Manstan said the vessel performed flawlessly.''
  
You may return to your regularly scheduled programming now.
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:''But Manstan doesn't recommend it for the claustrophobic.''
  
--[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 17:05, 7 October 2007 (CDT)
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:''The Turtle, the handiwork of teacher Fred Frese and his technology education class at Old Saybrook High School, is a replica of the first military submarine. Built in 1775 in Connecticut, the original Turtle could be said to look like a 6-foot-high walnut, a misshapen beer barrel or perhaps a wooden turtle.''
  
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[http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ctturtle1111.artnov11,0,1391378.story?coll=hc_tab01_layout more >>]
 
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==Sir Turtle logo moved on Cayman Airways planes==
  
==Rhythmbits - New Dancing Turtle Robot from Tomy==
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[[Image:Turtles-20071107-Cayman Airways redesign.jpg|thumb|right|A Cayman Airways plane returns from Costa Rica branded with Coat of Arms. ([http://caymannetnews.com Cayman Net News])]]
  
[[Image:Turtles-20071004-Rhythmbits.jpg|thumb|right|Rhythmbits by Tomy]]
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<small>2007.11.07</small>
<small>2007.10.04</small>
 
  
Following on the success of Walkiebits, Tomy has released [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/walkiebits/play/index.html Rhythmbits]
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To recap, Cayman Airways has been going through a rebranding process recently. Much fuss was made by Cayman Islands residents when they announced they would be removing the Sir Turtle logo.  
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They seem to have come up with a (IMO good) compromise with a redesign that still includes the Sir Turtle logo, positioned in a new location by the front door of the plane with the new (branding) logo on the tail. (Although a lot of the 'don't remove it' camp are still complaining.)
  
They look like Walkiebits, but are manipulated by infrared light from a nearby controller. This controller differentiates high sounds from low sounds and commands the turtles accordingly.
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[http://www.caymannetnews.com/news/newspublish/home.print.php?news_id=3227 more >>]
  
They come in six colors and are priced at 1,575 yen (US$13.61). (From the video it appears you can customize the shells.)
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==Man who tortured tortoise sentenced==
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<small>2007.11.06</small>
  
[http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/665088/ more>>]<br />
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:''A judge on Monday sentenced Jose "Tony" Mosqueda to 270 days in jail and five years' probation for the mutilation and torture of a tortoise that belongs to a 7-year-old autistic boy.''
[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/walkiebits/play/index.html webpage>>] (Japanese, with a short video)
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:''As part of the conditions of his probation, Ventura County Superior Court Judge Bruce Clark said Mosqueda may not have access to any animals, which means he will have to give up his pet iguana, dog and snake.''
  
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[http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/nov/06/man-who-tortured-tortoise-sentenced/ more >>]
 
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==Twin-turtle Shell Shock==
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==Rare white tortoise fished out of Lake Poyang==
[[Image:Turtles-20071002-Two-Headed Diamondback Turtle.jpg|thumb|right|DUAL CONTROLS: Jekyll & Hyde, conjoined diamondback turtles found at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, share six legs and a shell. --New York Post]]
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[[Image:Turtles-20071102-Chinese albino tortoise.jpg|thumb|right|This photo shows the white tortoise found in Lake Poyang. (Photo: jxnews.com.cn)]]
  
<small>2007.10.02</small>
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<small>2007.11.02</small>
  
Another conjoined turtle in the news this week, this time a Diamondback Turtle found in Queens.
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This time it's China's turn to find an albino tortoise.
  
:''The conjoined diamondback turtles, barely bigger than a thumbnail, were found 12 days ago at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, said Hofstra University Associate Professor of Biology Russell Burke.''
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:''A rare white tortoise was recently found in Lake Poyang in east China's Jiangxi province.''
:''Jekyll & Hyde "is a really weird animal" with six legs, two heads, two tails and one shell, he said.''
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:''Local newspaper Jiangnan City Daily reports the tortoise was purchased on Thursday by a wholesaler in Yugan county on the southeastern bank of the Poyang Lake, one of China's biggest fresh water lakes.''
:''Chemical pollution could be responsible for the mutation, but the most likely explanation is "it happened completely naturally - because every reproduction event is a toss of the dice," Burke said. ''
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:''An aquaculture expert says the cause for its abnormal color is complex, maybe from living in underwater caves without sunlight for too long or from genetic mutation.''
::--New York Post
 
  
[http://www.nypost.com/seven/10022007/news/regionalnews/twin_turtle_shell_shock.htm more >>]
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[http://english.cri.cn/4426/2007/11/02/1221@290335.htm more>>]
  
 
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Turtle News


Turtle film set to become Hollywood blockbuster

2009.02.27 - telegraph.co.uk

(Permalink)

The story behind Turtle: The Incredible Journey, a film tracking the journey of a loggerhead turtle as she travels across the Atlantic Ocean and narrated by twice Oscar-nominated actress Miranda Richardson.

Yay! Queenie's back!

more >>

byeee...


Recent News

Shell shocker: The baby turtle born with two-heads can eat its Chinese food faster

Two heads means we can eat faster! Source: dailymail.co.uk

2008.09.13 - Water World aquatic farm at Wuwei town in Anhui, eastern China

(Permalink)

The Chinese decided to get in on the two-headed turtle action that's been going around lately. This one has been getting a bit of attention on the net this week. And no, it really isn't that small, those are just the giant prop hands they use in CSI for closeup camera shots. Fine, don't believe me. I don't believe me either, so that makes two of us. Innneeecuuuuute!

It is the baby turtle that proves two heads really are better than one.
While its siblings grow at a the usual steady pace, this tiny creature is speeding ahead.
The reason for its extraordinary growth spurt is simple: having two heads mean it eats twice as fast.

(Be sure to check the link for more pictures.)

more >>

Fossil of Ancient Pregnant Turtle Discovered

Features of the five crushed eggs discovered inside the fossil turtle's body cavity suggested the female turtle would have laid them in a matter of days. Credit: Darla Zelenitsky, University of Calgary.

2008.08.27 - Canada

(Permalink)


A turtle that toddled alongside the dinosaurs died just days before laying a clutch of eggs.
Scientists from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Canada discovered the turtle in 1999 in a mud-filled channel in the badlands of southeastern Alberta. Then, in 2005, University of Calgary scientists found a nest of 26 eggs laid by another female of the same species in the same region.
The pregnant turtle represents the first fossil turtle to be unearthed with eggs still inside the body cavity, the scientists say.

more >>

(Another) Two-headed loggerhead turtle named Hope and Faith

The two-headed turtle was given two names: Hope and Faith (Charleston.net)

2008.08.24

(Permalink)

A two-headed loggerhead turtle hatchling released to the ocean at Kiawah Island last week didn't leave without a twin name — "Hope and Faith."
It was named by 9-year-old Grace McKeehan, who found it struggling futilely in the sand.

Are two-headed turtles a sign of the Apocalypse?

more >>


Two-headed turtle discovered by Indiana eighth-graders

Two-headed turtle discovered by eighth-graders (WNDU)

2008.08.22

(Permalink)

See the article for a video.

But that's not all that is strange about this turtle. It also has two tails and four front feet.
Two eighth-graders at Queen of Peace School have been monitoring a turtle and her eggs all summer. Finally Thursday night some of the eggs hatched.
That's when they discovered this odd turtle.

One thing interesting about this type of conjoined turtle that may be beneficial for its survival is the 4 front feet. In a normal 2-headed turtle with two front feet, the turtle struggles to move anywhere. Since the two heads can't 'communicate' like humans can, it's had to coordinate walking when one brain controls the left side and one brain controls the right side. However, in this case, each brain controls 3 legs apiece. Eventually one of them will probably take physical dominance and be able to go essentially wherever it needs to in search of food, etc.

more, including video >>

Surgery saves sea turtle

Tchompy, the lucky loggerhead. IBNlive

2008.03.13

Yaniv Levy of the Israeli Sea Turtle Rescue Center said Tchompy is approximately 15-years-old, suffered severe injuries to his front fins after being entangled in a fishing net.
The turtle underwent emergency surgery in Israel on February 22 to reconstruct one of his fins, but the other fin had to be amputated.
Veterinary surgeons inserted a metal plate and screws into the turtle's fin so that it wouldn't have to be amputated.

more >>

Replica of Revolutionary Turtle successfully launched

Roy Manstan, a retired submarine engineer and pilot of a replica of the 1775 Turtle submarine, climbs into the sub before it is launched. (BOB MACDONNELL, Hartford Courant)

2007.11.09

A replica of The Turtle (a Revolutionary War Submarine, the world's first submarine used in battle) was launched successfully this week.

After 20 minutes of steering the ultra-tiny, one-man submarine through the Connecticut River, Navy-trained diver Roy Manstan said the vessel performed flawlessly.
But Manstan doesn't recommend it for the claustrophobic.
The Turtle, the handiwork of teacher Fred Frese and his technology education class at Old Saybrook High School, is a replica of the first military submarine. Built in 1775 in Connecticut, the original Turtle could be said to look like a 6-foot-high walnut, a misshapen beer barrel or perhaps a wooden turtle.

more >>

Sir Turtle logo moved on Cayman Airways planes

A Cayman Airways plane returns from Costa Rica branded with Coat of Arms. (Cayman Net News)

2007.11.07

To recap, Cayman Airways has been going through a rebranding process recently. Much fuss was made by Cayman Islands residents when they announced they would be removing the Sir Turtle logo. They seem to have come up with a (IMO good) compromise with a redesign that still includes the Sir Turtle logo, positioned in a new location by the front door of the plane with the new (branding) logo on the tail. (Although a lot of the 'don't remove it' camp are still complaining.)

more >>

Man who tortured tortoise sentenced

2007.11.06

A judge on Monday sentenced Jose "Tony" Mosqueda to 270 days in jail and five years' probation for the mutilation and torture of a tortoise that belongs to a 7-year-old autistic boy.
As part of the conditions of his probation, Ventura County Superior Court Judge Bruce Clark said Mosqueda may not have access to any animals, which means he will have to give up his pet iguana, dog and snake.

more >>

Rare white tortoise fished out of Lake Poyang

This photo shows the white tortoise found in Lake Poyang. (Photo: jxnews.com.cn)

2007.11.02

This time it's China's turn to find an albino tortoise.

A rare white tortoise was recently found in Lake Poyang in east China's Jiangxi province.
Local newspaper Jiangnan City Daily reports the tortoise was purchased on Thursday by a wholesaler in Yugan county on the southeastern bank of the Poyang Lake, one of China's biggest fresh water lakes.
An aquaculture expert says the cause for its abnormal color is complex, maybe from living in underwater caves without sunlight for too long or from genetic mutation.

more>>

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