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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 turtles 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 ZSLs 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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    LOL...If today were April 1, I'd be skeptical. 
 
Well, ok, color me a little skeptical anyway. But it seems true.
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
    Punk turtles? With attached snorkel?
 
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posted on 
04/12/2018 8:20:40 AM PDT
by 
WKUHilltopper
(WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on 
04/12/2018 8:21:36 AM PDT
by 
AJFavish
(www.allanfavish.com)
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
    This is about Mitch McConnell, right?
 
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posted on 
04/12/2018 8:22:42 AM PDT
by 
RedEyeJack
(What was the basis for the restriction?)
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
    Someone’s going to get a ‘Booting’ for that.
 
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posted on 
04/12/2018 8:22:43 AM PDT
by 
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing Obamacare  is worse than Obamacare itself.)
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
    “Insert photo of Jeb here.”
 
6
posted on 
04/12/2018 8:25:44 AM PDT
by 
Beagle8U
(Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
    Survival of the fittest — someone has to lose.
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
    Mitch McConnell without makeup?
 
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posted on 
04/12/2018 8:34:52 AM PDT
by 
Truth29
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
    That way he never has to come up for air. 
 
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
    I can tell you how he dies....
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
    I’d be growing green hair too if I had to smell my butt 24/7.
 
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posted on 
04/12/2018 8:35:49 AM PDT
by 
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on 
04/12/2018 8:37:01 AM PDT
by 
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country)
 
To: WKUHilltopper
    Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles...
 
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posted on 
04/12/2018 8:37:32 AM PDT
by 
shotgun
 
To: bgill
To: ProtectOurFreedom
    Some species just need to be extinct.
 
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posted on 
04/12/2018 8:38:45 AM PDT
by 
dfwgator
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
    
 
I TOLD her not to have sex with that turtle. But did she listen? Nooooo.
And see what happened? SEE?
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
    Seems to be a ballchinian
 
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posted on 
04/12/2018 8:39:33 AM PDT
by 
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
 
To: Responsibility2nd
    “If the bitch is green, there must be something wrong with the p____y.”
 
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posted on 
04/12/2018 8:40:32 AM PDT
by 
dfwgator
 
To: WKUHilltopper
    Democrat turtle...talks out the ass.
 
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posted on 
04/12/2018 8:45:03 AM PDT
by 
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo“The frustration of FBI veterans is simple to decipipher.”  But not frustrated enoug)
 
To: ProtectOurFreedom
    All species are expendable. Nature has already seen most of the species of organisms on this earth come and go. Only life as a whole endures.
 
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posted on 
04/12/2018 8:46:15 AM PDT
by 
kickstart
("A gun is a tool.  It is only as good or as bad as the man who uses it" .  Alan Ladd in 'Shane')
 
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