The Turtle and the Shark is one of Samoa's most cherished stories, and it has been animated beautifully by Ryan Woodward in the style of siapo, or Samoan tapa barkcloth. [more inside]
posted by barnacles on Jan 24, 2012 - 7 comments

Rusty makes a turtleburger Watch it in 720p High Def if you can handle it. [more inside]
posted by heyho on Nov 17, 2011 - 31 comments

Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses
posted by ardgedee on Oct 17, 2011 - 28 comments

Holy Turtle!
posted by Bag Man on May 22, 2011 - 40 comments

It's been a long week, so how about some videos of sea lions being lazy?
posted by quin on May 13, 2011 - 16 comments

Turtle rescued on Dartmouth street and taken to Hope for Wildlife. [more inside]
posted by joannemerriam on Oct 1, 2010 - 18 comments

Auto-Tune the News #10. The Auto-Tune folks come out with their next tune, and, like most of their ouevre so far, darn if they don't make Congress sound catchy. Sing about that turtle fence, Hoekstra baby!
posted by WCityMike on Feb 23, 2010 - 36 comments

Loved Nanaca Crash? Want to hurl a turtle instead? Toss the Turtle will be right up your alley. Easy concept, shoot turtle from cannon and watch him bounce and blow up as he careens across the screen. Enjoy!
posted by schyler523 on Sep 11, 2009 - 23 comments

One-flipper turtle gets Ninja suit to help it swim [more inside]
posted by UbuRoivas on Apr 8, 2009 - 45 comments

"Soon were the lofty peaks of Corcyra lost to view;
We coasted along Epirus, and coming to the Chaonian
Harbour, we drew near Buthrotum, that hill city."
- The Aenid - Book III, Virgil (trans. Cecil Day Lewis)

Founded by Trojans, populated by Chaonians, a sanctuary dedicated to Asclepius, colonized by the Greeks and Romans, sacked by the Goths, ruled by the Slavs, the Byzantine Empire and the Turks, taken by Manfred of Hohenstaufen, purchased by the Most Serene Republic of Venice, invaded by Ali Pasha and Suleiman the Magnificent, eventually becoming a place of refuge for the likes of Casanova and for hunters and painters, the ancient city of Butrint, a microcosm of Mediterranean history, is a World Heritage Site within a National Park which includes a Wetland of International Importance all of which is being kept alive by a partnership of local, national and international organizations . Come and explore Butrint. [more inside]
posted by shoesfullofdust on Apr 3, 2009 - 12 comments

Mindless SLYT Post! A turtle celebrates Hump Day!
posted by cloeburner on Mar 11, 2009 - 31 comments

Meet Lonesome George. George is the last known remaining Pinta Island Tortoise. That's pretty lonely. He's also, according to some, the most famous reptile in the world. via. But there's good news: George might be a dad!
posted by allkindsoftime on Jul 23, 2008 - 25 comments

The Turtle Man [more inside]
posted by PhatLobley on Apr 9, 2008 - 33 comments

The Dream of the Giant Turtle....... The Bermuda Depths! Remember that "made for tv" movie from the seventies with the gigantic turtle, and the girl with the weird glowing eyes, and the creepy song, and...and then there was.... Carl Weathers, and Burl Ives??? [more inside]
posted by bradth27 on Jan 12, 2008 - 13 comments

Turtle > cat youtube, cute critters
posted by Joe Invisible on May 9, 2007 - 50 comments

Kinky Turtle Sex. This short 1:37 video [via YouTube] features two turtles engaged in a very strange form of foreplay before the eventual act of mating. If you listen closely toward the end, you can hear the male really enjoying himself.
posted by inconsequentialist on Mar 8, 2007 - 39 comments

Owen and Mzee (pdf). Also, Blog, Snopes, Wikipedia.
posted by seanyboy on Aug 3, 2006 - 16 comments

Dog Eat Dog World Snake Eat Snake. Snake Regurgitate Snake. Snake Capture and Constrict Snake. Not enough for you? Less exciting but certainly interesting: Turtle Locomotor Bout (and Breathing) But that is just surface, what about beneath the surface? all quicktime and (via)
posted by limitedpie on Nov 12, 2004 - 6 comments

Aquarium worker makes turtle stew and people whine about it. The animal was dead already. Why is eating it any worse than throwing it out? I killed a moose with my car once and I was more than happy to see someone haul it away to his freezer. People are so silly.
posted by bondcliff on Feb 8, 2001 - 17 comments