Today, Monday 23 May, is World Turtle Day where people are encouraged to learn more about turtles and help protect them and their habitats, which are rapidly disappearing around the world.
Why not go to work today dressed as a turtle to “shellebrate”?
No? Ok, fair enough.
In that case let’s settle for these 25 photos and videos which prove that turtles are pretty cool:
1. They’re beautiful. And cute.
2. And also pretty hilarious.
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3. They come in all sizes. From ridiculously tiny…
4. …to freaking massive.
5. They’re bros for life
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6. They look stunning swimming along the sea bed.
7. They’re adorably ungraceful
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8. And the prize for most impractical way of crossing the sand goes to…
9. They’re pretty spectacular, even in miniature
10. They have The Force
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11. How amazing would it be to do this?
12. They even look cute when they haven’t finished hatching
13. Spots or stripes?
14. Slow but determined
15. Actually just laughed out loud
16. Never seen a turtle eat a blade of grass? You have now.
17. Just when you thought they couldn’t get any smaller
18. Really quite beautiful
19. Yep, it’s a pretty romantic spot to choose for a snuggle
20. Could this be the actual tortoise from the Hare and the Tortoise?
21. Who thought of this?
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22. It appears to be a thing.
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23. Last one, promise.
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24. Clearly not quite ready for potty training
And finally….
25. I’m trying not to think about the logistics of turtle reproduction.
Mandy Mazliah is a vegetarian mum of three, whose kids all hate vegetables! She blogs about her efforts to get her kids to eat more veg at Sneaky Veg.
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