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June 15, 2003

World  It Isn't Easy...

The headline in The Australian says it all, really:

‘Extinct’ bum breathing turtle back
I'll just give you a minute to let the glory of that line settle in. ‘Extinct’ bum breathing turtle back. That's our national newspaper, that is. No country but Oz etc. etc., and we're proud of it.

As for the bum-breathing turtle:

SCIENTISTS were beating a path to a plastic tank in Brisbane yesterday to examine a shell-backed beast they had presumed to be extinct.

The young male Lavarack's turtle was captured in a creek at the Lawn Hill National Park in north Queensland a week ago and flown to the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service in Brisbane.

As well as its journey back from the dead, the shelled beast has another unusual characteristic scientists are keen to investigate: it breathes through its bum.

Which I suppose is preferable to talking through it, as is so common in the world these days.
"Whenever there is a new specimen that people have read about but never seen everyone comes down for a look," he said.

"That's especially true with a handsome turtle like this. Most turtles have a plain cream colour underneath but this one is pleasantly mottled."

Yes, that's right, butter the poor turtle up and then -
Scientists will stick a camera-headed fibre-optic cable into his cloaca to see how his breathing apparatus works.
Bloody hell! What have I ever done to you! How'd you like it if I examined your breathing apparatus, mate?

Right, I'm off.

(via Fark)

Posted by Pixy Misa at 02:43 AM | World | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
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