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Celebrate World Turtle Day
World Turtle Day isn't just for celebrating how precious and delightful these shelled reptiles are. May 23 is dedicated to raising awareness about protecting the symbolic species. Turtles are one of the oldest groups of reptiles on the planet and have outlived many different animals. Yet from land to sea, these gentle creatures…
Scientists recently unearthed from the depths of a Colombian coal mine the remains of an ancient turtle that was the size of a small car. The fossils indicate that the turtle, Carbonemys cofrinii or "coal turtle," lived 60 million years ago. According to Fox News, its skull was the size of an NFL helmet. Researchers have also concluded that in addition to being enormous, the coal turtle would have had giant, powerful jaws that could devour anything within reach. Even crocodiles could easily have been preyed upon by the coal turtle. RELATED: Family Reunited with Pet Turtle After Almost 2 Years Researcher Dan Ksepka from North Carolina State University said, "It's like having one big ...
When the Cody family adopted Katrina the turtle, they had no idea they would grow so attached to her. According to WECT, the entire family was smitten with Katrina. She slept in bed with the kids, claimed the backyard as her abode and even became the family's go-kart racing team mascot. But on one fateful day in 2010, while the Cody kids were hanging out in the yard with Katrina, she escaped. "Coleton was playing with her watching her real close and he got distracted by something, and he turned around and she was gone," said Coleton's father, Eric Cody. The family was devastated. They spent months searching high and low for their beloved pet. More Turtles: ...
The first time I saw a "slider" on a menu I thought the restaurant was serving up a new recipe for turtles. I'm a vegetarian, so you'll have to excuse my ignorance about the various forms that hamburgers have taken since my meat-eating days. Today, I'm definitely more familiar with the "red-eared" version of the slider - a popular type of pet turtle - than I am with burgers. As strange as it may sound, red-eared sliders also have something to do with your mouth. The relationship involves a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation, commonly referred to as the Four Inch Turtle Law, which bans the sale of turtles, tortoises, and terrapins with a carapace (shell) length of less than four ...
Here's a true hump-day treat. While humans are known to enchant mates by whispering sweet nothings, the turtle has a different style. When one half-shell meets the turtle--or shoe--of its dreams, it releases a sensual squeak comparable to the sound of slowly letting air out of a balloon. To turtles it may be the call of love, but to us it is just hysterically silly. ...
A new study finds that small turtles are still being sold, despite a long-standing federal ban and the risk of turtle-associated Salmonella infections. In a way, it's fitting that folks have been slow to realize the dangers associated with handling pet turtles, the universal symbol for pokiness. But it's risky, too. A study published this week in the medical journal Pediatrics found that although small pet turtles have been banned for sale since 1975 by the FDA to reduce animal-associated Salmonella infections, they are still being sold-and turtle-associated salmonellosis rates appear to be on the rise once again. RELATED: Why Your Favorite Animal Could Make You Sick THE DETAILS: ...