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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWorld's Largest Tortoise Found In Amazon Basin - 800 LBS!
http://news-hound.net/world-largest-tortoise-found-in-amazon-basin-800lb/
Ok, it's not real, but still looks pretty cool!
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World's Largest Tortoise Found In Amazon Basin - 800 LBS! (Original Post)
MoonRiver
Nov 2013
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Whisp
(24,096 posts)1. looks like Mitch.
I don't think this is for real (and neither is he).
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)14. Wheel him out
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,741 posts)2. It's a hoax.
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/worlds-largest-tortoise.shtml
"The "tortoise" is not real. The picture is a scene from the 2006 Japanese movie "Gamera the Brave" which features a giant turtle creature. At one point in the movie, the wounded Gamera is transported via a military truck to a research facility. The circulating image is apparently taken from this part of the movie."
"The "tortoise" is not real. The picture is a scene from the 2006 Japanese movie "Gamera the Brave" which features a giant turtle creature. At one point in the movie, the wounded Gamera is transported via a military truck to a research facility. The circulating image is apparently taken from this part of the movie."
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)4. Yeah, it doesn't even look real.
Maybe I should self-delete.
LuvNewcastle
(16,847 posts)7. The features are too pronounced for it to be real.
The big horns on the shell, the oversize jaw, it looks like it's wearing make-up.
LuvNewcastle
(16,847 posts)3. Goddamn! That thing looks like a creature from Jurassic Park.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,741 posts)5. Or a prop from a Japanese horror movie.
Which is what it actually is.
spanone
(135,846 posts)6. last time it was the fukushima turtle...what's next?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)8. Turtlenado?
spanone
(135,846 posts)10. good thought!!!!
0rganism
(23,957 posts)12. Blastoise!
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)9. Where's Mario when you need him
RagAss
(13,832 posts)11. Hank is having one major panic attack !
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)13. Kaepernick better get 'Sammy' started on a steroid program to bulk up