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==Turtle film set to become Hollywood blockbuster==
[[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])]]
 
<small>2007.11.09</small>
 
  
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.
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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>
  
:''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.''
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([[Turtle_News/Archive003#Turtle_film_set_to_become_Hollywood_blockbuster|Permalink]])
  
:''But Manstan doesn't recommend it for the claustrophobic.''
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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'''.''
  
:''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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Yay! Queenie's back!
  
[http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ctturtle1111.artnov11,0,1391378.story?coll=hc_tab01_layout 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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==Sir Turtle logo moved on Cayman Airways planes==
 
  
[[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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==Shell shocker: The baby turtle born with two-heads can eat its Chinese food faster==
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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>
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([[Turtle_News/Archive003#Shell_shocker:_The_baby_turtle_born_with_two-heads_can_eat_Chinese_food_faster|Permalink]])
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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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:''It is the baby turtle that proves two heads really are better than one.''
  
<small>2007.11.07</small>
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:''While its siblings grow at a the usual steady pace, this tiny creature is speeding ahead.''
  
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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:''The reason for its extraordinary growth spurt is simple: having two heads mean it eats twice as fast.''
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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(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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==Man who tortured tortoise sentenced==
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==Fossil of Ancient Pregnant Turtle Discovered==
<small>2007.11.06</small>
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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>
  
:''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.''
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([[Turtle_News/Archive003#Fossil_of_Ancient_Pregnant_Turtle_Discovered|Permalink]])
:''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.''
 
  
[http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/nov/06/man-who-tortured-tortoise-sentenced/ more >>]
 
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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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:''A turtle that toddled alongside the dinosaurs died just days before laying a clutch of eggs.''
  
This time it's China's turn to find an albino tortoise.
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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.''
  
:''A rare white tortoise was recently found in Lake Poyang in east China's Jiangxi province.''
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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. ''
:''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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[http://www.livescience.com/animals/080827-pregnant-turtle.html more >>]
 
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==Tortoise threatens man==
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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>
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([[Turtle_News/Archive002#.28Another.29_Two-headed_loggerhead_turtle_named_Hope_and_Faith|Permalink]])
  
<small>2007.11.02</small>
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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."''
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:''It was named by 9-year-old Grace McKeehan, who found it struggling futilely in the sand.''
  
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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Are two-headed turtles a sign of the Apocalypse?
  
:''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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[http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/aug/24/headed_turtles_name_just_right51884/ more >>]
  
[http://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=1492 more >>]
 
  
 
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==America's latest controversy -- turtle fences==
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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>
  
[[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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([[Turtle_News/Archive002#Two-headed_turtle_discovered_by_Indiana_eighth-graders|Permalink]])
  
<small>2007.10.25</small>
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See the article for a video.
  
With American foreign policy in a shambles, our war spending beyond comprehension, this week our elected officials decided to argue about ... turtles.
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:''But that's not all that is strange about this turtle. It also has two tails and four front feet.''
  
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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:''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.''
  
''(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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:''That's when they discovered this odd turtle.''
  
:''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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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.
::-- 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.wndu.com/localnews/headlines/27288834.html more, including video >>]
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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>
  
:''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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:''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.''
  
:''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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:''The turtle underwent emergency surgery in Israel on February 22 to reconstruct one of his fins, but the other fin had to be amputated. ''
  
[http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071028/COL04/710280597/1001/NEWS more >>]
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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.''
  
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[http://www.ibnlive.com/news/miracle-surgery-saves-sea-turtle/61077-11.html more >>]
 
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==Drunken fishermen have all the luck==
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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-20071020-Drunken fisherman finds albino turtle.jpg|thumb|right|A Rare Albino Tortoise]]
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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.
  
<small>2007.10.20</small>
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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.''
  
[[Turtle News/Archive001#Albino_Turtle_Draws_Visitors_at_Indian_Zoo|Another]] albino tortoise showed up in India this week.
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:''But Manstan doesn't recommend it for the claustrophobic.''
  
:''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.''
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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.''
  
[http://www.picable.com/Nature/Animals/A-Rare-White-Tortoise.52793 more >>]
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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==
  
==Exploding Turtles, Oh my!==
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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-20071013-Exploding Turtles.jpg|thumb|right|Sprinkler being recalled]]
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<small>2007.11.07</small>
  
<small>2007.10.12</small>
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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.)
  
Ross Stores is recalling about 1,800 turtle-shaped sprinklers.  
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[http://www.caymannetnews.com/news/newspublish/home.print.php?news_id=3227 more >>]
  
:'''''Hazard''': The turtle’s body can fill with water, causing it to crack or explode, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.''
 
 
Talk about shell shock!  (What?  You didn't like the pun?  Too overused?  OK, OK I'll try harder next time.)
 
 
[http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml08/08026.html more >>]
 
 
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==Become a sea turtle!==
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==Man who tortured tortoise sentenced==
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<small>2007.11.06</small>
  
<small>2007.10.09</small>
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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.''
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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.''
  
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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[http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/nov/06/man-who-tortured-tortoise-sentenced/ more >>]
 
 
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! :(
 
 
 
[http://gstc.blogspot.com/2007/10/become-sea-turtle.html more >>]
 
 
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==Two Headed Turtle Confusion==
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==Rare white tortoise fished out of Lake Poyang==
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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)]]
  
[[Image:Turtles-20070208-Two-Headed Turtle on the Late Show.jpg|thumb|right|The turtle on the Late Show]]
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<small>2007.11.02</small>
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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This time it's China's turn to find an albino tortoise.
  
You may return to your regularly scheduled programming now.
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:''A rare white tortoise was recently found in Lake Poyang in east China's Jiangxi province.''
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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.''
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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.''
  
--[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 17:05, 7 October 2007 (CDT)
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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.

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