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packman

(16,296 posts)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 12:14 PM Apr 2018

Green haired, genital breathing turtle on endangered list -

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It sports a green mohican, fleshy finger-like growths under its chin and can breathe through its genitals.

The Mary river turtle is one of the most striking creatures on the planet, and it is also one of the most endangered.

The 40cm long turtle, which is only found on the Mary river in Queensland, features in a new list of the most vulnerable reptile species compiled by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).

A turtle with green hair and drawing breath thru its sex organs SHOULD be on the endangered list



https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/11/green-haired-turtle-that-breathes-through-its-genitals-added-to-endangered-list

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Green haired, genital breathing turtle on endangered list - (Original Post) packman Apr 2018 OP
I thought this was about McConnell. Damn! fleur-de-lisa Apr 2018 #1
Me too! NRaleighLiberal Apr 2018 #3
Birds can whistle through their peckers. Is that comparable? Arkansas Granny Apr 2018 #2
Can't everyone? FSogol Apr 2018 #4
Now that's mnot a headline you see everyday... uriel1972 Apr 2018 #5
Ummm ... genitals ? The cloaca is the combined outlet of the genital and digestive tracts. eppur_se_muova Apr 2018 #6
Thanks for standing up for this turtle! potone Apr 2018 #7
WRT "Mohican" sl8 Apr 2018 #8
Once again ... divided by a common language ... thanks for the info. nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2018 #11
Well no, eppur, a cloaca isn't an anus. It is a cloaca, which combines the functions of anus, Nitram Apr 2018 #9
But can it preform oral sex on itself? Kaleva Apr 2018 #10
What an interesting creature! PatrickforO Apr 2018 #12

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
5. Now that's mnot a headline you see everyday...
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 09:20 PM
Apr 2018

pity the poor things gotta be almost extinct for it to happen tho...

eppur_se_muova

(36,281 posts)
6. Ummm ... genitals ? The cloaca is the combined outlet of the genital and digestive tracts.
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 12:15 AM
Apr 2018

Feces, urine, future generations all flow through the same opening. At least as accurate to say it breathes through its anus (sound familiar ?).

The ability to "breathe" through the cloaca is shared by many turtles who spend winter underwater -- even under ice, buried in the mud.

BTW, a "Mohawk" is not a "Mohican".

potone

(1,701 posts)
7. Thanks for standing up for this turtle!
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 11:13 AM
Apr 2018

I'm tired of all the hippie-bashing going on! This is obviously a radical turtle.

sl8

(13,863 posts)
8. WRT "Mohican"
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 11:49 AM
Apr 2018

From https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/Mohican

...
NOUN
British
A hairstyle with the head shaved except for a strip of hair from the middle of the forehead to the back of the neck, typically stiffened to stand erect or in spikes.

‘I was a nihilistic punk with a Mohican and a ring in my nose’
as modifier ‘a Mohican haircut’
...

More at link.

The Guardian is a UK paper.

Nitram

(22,853 posts)
9. Well no, eppur, a cloaca isn't an anus. It is a cloaca, which combines the functions of anus,
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 01:17 PM
Apr 2018

penis/urethra, and genitalia. Since most people are unfamiliar with the term, and it makes a good headline, I can see why they used the word "genitalia." The joke would have been lost if there had been a pedantic explanation of what a cloaca is.

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