[nickcarraway]

If it didn't die would the media call for it to be put down because it was a hatchling at the time of the Civil War?

[Cyman]

Yup, Global Warming. He ate a habanero burrito.

[doorgunner69]

That old boy lived a good life.

R.I.P.

[RedHeeler]

RIP Speed. Where’s the soup?

[Daffynition]

[kaehurowing]

Another one done in by Obamacare.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP, fella. You sure saw a lot of stuff.

[Cowboy Bob]

Speed had been under veterinary care for geriatric conditions including arthritis and was euthanized by zoo staff on Friday.

He didn't die. He was murdered.

No doubt the result of ObamaCare's death panels.

[boycott]

He probably couldn’t take anymore of people telling him he looked like Mitch McConnell.

[TChad]

RIP.

[Sacajaweau]

Nothing but a stud to them. Lotsa money involved.

[central_va]

Turtle Soup

Ingredients

1-1/3 pounds turtle meat
4-1/2 cups water
2 medium onions
1 bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1-1/4 teaspoons salt
5 tablespoons butter, cubed
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons tomato puree
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/3 cup chicken broth
2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
1/4 cup lemon juice
Chopped fresh parsley, optional

Directions

In a heavy 4-qt. saucepan, bring turtle meat and water to a boil. Skim off foam. Chop 1 onion and set aside. Quarter the other onion; add to saucepan along with bay leaf, cayenne pepper and salt. Cover and simmer for 2 hours or until the meat is tender. Remove meat with a slotted spoon and cut into 1/2-in. cubes; set aside. Strain broth and set aside. Rinse and dry saucepan; melt butter over medium-high heat. Cook chopped onion until tender. Add flour; cook and stir until bubbly and lightly browned. Whisk in reserved broth; cook and stir until thickened. Reduce heat; stir in tomato puree and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer,
uncovered, for 10 minutes. Add chicken broth, eggs, lemon juice and meat. Simmer for 5 minutes or until heated through. Garnish with parsley if desired. Yield: 4-6 servings.

[W.]

I sat on that big guy back in ‘59 at the SD Zoo. Damn...

[DoodleDawg]

If it didn't die would the media call for it to be put down because it was a hatchling at the time of the Civil War?

That would depend on whether he supported the Union or the Confederacy.

[Leep]

He smoked 2 pack of unfiltered Camel cigarettes and a fifth of Whiskey a day.

[PAR35]

Interesting that the American spin is that it ‘died’, while some foreign sources indicate that it was put down by the zoo.

Someone isn’t giving us the straight story.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

I remember seeing tortoises in the San Diego Zoo in 1951. No doubt Speed was one of them.

[exit82]

His last words were:

“Oh, Forrest, it’s just my time.”

[DungeonMaster]

The unfairness of turtles outliving people is one of the sorrows about life that was on my mind when I got saved.