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Tag: Turtle

Man looking for turtle nests on Florida beach finds bricks of cocaine worth $4M

Police say a man searching for sea turtle nests on a North Florida beach discovered more than 70 pounds of cocaine with a street value of $4 million. The bizarre discovery was made Friday morning on a beach on Amelia Island in Nassau County. News4Jax reported. Photos showed the 32-kilogram block of cocaine was wrapped […]

Turtle causes unexpected delay during minor league baseball game

There can be many animal-related delays when it comes to baseball, as we saw recently in Arizona, but the turtle delay may be the first of its kind. The Single-A St. Lucie Mets and Bradenton Marauders were shocked Saturday when a swift turtle invaded the field at Lecombe Park in Bradenton, Fla., and the game […]

Boston aquarium’s 500-pound, 95-year-old sea turtle gets clean bill of health

As it turns out, being green seems pretty easy. That’s the conclusion reached Tuesday during a physical examination of Myrtle, an ancient green sea turtle that has entertained visitors to Boston’s New England Aquarium for more than 50 years. Veterinarians examined Myrtle after the 500-pound reptile was hoisted from the aquarium’s giant ocean tank by […]

Jordan Spieth clears up Rory McIlroy’s Turtle Gate at The Players

The topic was still on everyone’s mind a day after the controversial “Turtlegate” took over the first day of The Players Championship. Jordan Spieth did not speak to the media on Thursday, but he made his position known after the second round and put things into perspective. “I know it’s just me and Rory, but […]

Eight children and an adult die in Zanzibar after eating sea turtle meat | Tanzania

Eight children and one adult died after eating sea turtle meat on Pemba Island in the Zanzibar archipelago, and 78 others were taken to hospital, authorities said Saturday. Sea turtle meat is considered a delicacy in Zanzibar, but deaths from chelonitoxicosis, a type of food poisoning, occur regularly. Mkoani district medical officer Dr. Haji Bakari […]

Invasive alligator snapping turtle native to Florida rescued out of lake in England

There was nothing ‘fluffy’ about this creature caught from a small lake in England. The alligator snapping turtle, an invasive species native to Florida known for its vicious bite, was discovered in the county of Cumbria in northwest England, where a local worker fished it out in a shopping cart. BBC reported. The creature was […]

Don Jr. Calls McConnell a ‘Mentally Declining Pro-Amnesty Turtle’

Donald Trump Jr. called Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) a “mentally degenerated pro-amnesty turtle” in response to the announcement of a border security bill. “Why do Senate Republicans continue to allow themselves to be led by a mentally depleted pro-pardon turtle?” Donald Trump Jr. said Sunday. Why do Senate Republicans continue to allow themselves […]