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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
 Posted - 08/31/2007 : 06:20:28
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Elseya irwini is a rare, odd turtle.
This aquatic turtle lives in only one river in Australia. Discovered by the late Steve Irwin and his father, it's a species that is mainly made up of adult females. Both males and juveniles are scarce. Also, they are the largest of Australia's turtles.
Perhaps oddest of all, the turtle has a gill-like structure within its cloaca that allows it to extract oxygen by "breathing" in water through their anuses.
I'm not a herp-lover like Filthy, but even I think these are pretty critters:
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
1370 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2007 : 15:46:19 [Permalink]
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| Actually quite a few turtles do that when they're hibernating. But with my IBS it gives me the squirms just thinking about constantly 'breathing by enema'. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2007 : 16:56:17 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by The Rat
Actually quite a few turtles do that when they're hibernating. But with my IBS it gives me the squirms just thinking about constantly 'breathing by enema'.
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Thanks for that, I hadn't known. I think I'll stick to the beer enemas, thank you. (Special attachment comes with the beer bong.)
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Endangered Irwin's Turtle breathes thru its butt
