Turtles are supposed to be slow but...
By CraftyCorner
@CraftyCorner (5600)
United States
May 27, 2011 2:31pm CST
We all know that turtles are supposed to be slow. They are reptiles that have a reputation of hanging out in their shells putting one scaly foot in front of the other.
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There is a video however that blows that assumption right out of the water; one hard shelled customer high-tailed it into the water faster than most people stuck in L.A. traffic get anywhere as he (or she) is confronted by a camera on a side walk.
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http://www.wimp.com/beturtles/
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it almost slid down the embankment like one of those soapy bubble disco slides.
i tried to catch fresh water turtles when we were on holiday in the carribean and they moved like bullets!@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
29 May 11
When on a slick surface they do indeed have 'cruise control'. Slide on that stomach with four directional controls, make us bipeds look like idiots.
@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
27 May 11
I watched the doctored video and it didn't blow anything out of the water for me. The video was true until the turtle had turned towards the water, the it was speed-ed up about 300 times. The turtle hurtled down the recline and jumped (like an Olympic Swimmer) into the water and disappeared.
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@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
29 May 11
My eyeballs aren't good. A doctored video could get past me...