My turtle is a yellow-bellied slider and looked just like this one when he was a baby. Except my turtle has only one head.

The 2-month-old turtle, actually conjoined red-eared slider twins, fits on a silver dollar…The turtle is apparently healthy, and the species can live 15 to 20 years…CTCentral.com

When we look at this turtle and other freak of nature animals like it, how can we not immediately wonder what the heck is in the atmosphere that’s causing all this genetic insanity? The three-eyed fish episode of The Simpsons may have only been a cartoon, but it wasn’t too far off from reality. Scary.

Remember these other crazy freaks of nature animals?
The Hermaphrodite Deer
The Seven-Legged Deer
The Calf With Two Faces
The Chick With Four Legs
The Cows With Too Many Body Parts

Fun facts about turtles:

A turtle’s bones are fused to their shell.

Only 1 in 1,000 baby sea turtles become adult sea turtles.

A group of turtles is called a “bale.”

The largest turtle in the world today is the sea turtle.

Modern turtles do not have teeth; instead they have a sharp beak they bite with.

Contrary to popular belief, turtles are actually reptiles, not amphibians.

Along with tortoises, turtles are the oldest form of reptile on the earth today, and have hardly changed in their 200 million year history.

Turtle trivia provided by:
California Turtle and Tortoise Club
Holy Spirit Interactive
Mrs. Vaage’s Kindergarten

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