Ehn! Ehn! Ehn!

by Meg on May 3, 2007

Where the heck am I?—Ehhhhhhhn!

Ehhhhnnnnn!

[Sigh]

McBreak

[Blinks eye capsules]

Looking for a turtle-sized Wii-mote

I agree, Peggy B., cute turtleage is woefully under-reprezentin’ on the InterWebs. UNTIL NOW!

{ 86 comments }

1 Katie 05.03.07 at 12:53 pm

Now what?

2 fifi 05.03.07 at 12:58 pm

so young and so grumpy

3 lurkingsmirk 05.03.07 at 12:59 pm

Ohhhhh toitle is egg-shaped. So cute.

4 Detroit Snapdragon 05.03.07 at 1:00 pm

What kind is he? So cute! love the little beak-mouth.

5 greenighs 05.03.07 at 1:06 pm

Do you see that wee turtleneck? Holy foreskin! Someone get a Mohel!

6 Eastie 05.03.07 at 1:10 pm

I love turtles! Yay!

7 emmie 05.03.07 at 1:11 pm

aww the little dude’s so cute!
and he has the most prettiest color evarrrr :)
luv yas!

8 emmie 05.03.07 at 1:12 pm

ps
the new layoutey thing is pretty pretty

9 Missa 05.03.07 at 1:15 pm

Aww!

There is no mammal in the world that is cute in the process of being born

But that is one cute newborn toitle

10 cutebabyfix.com 05.03.07 at 1:19 pm

He looks to me like he is yellin Where’s the beach? (sigh) What a rip Off! And then muttering, I never could get the hang of Thursdays…

11 Wendell77 05.03.07 at 1:21 pm

Adorbs! I love turtle cuteness. Reptiles rule!

12 Theresa 05.03.07 at 1:25 pm

Check it out, a real turtleneck!

13 JediPirate 05.03.07 at 1:26 pm

Eeee! Not only do I get adorable baby toitles, but I get someone quoting Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, too!

Thanks for the extra bit of squee, cutebabyfix!

(And *this* is what finally gets my first comment on CO. *shakes head*)

14 ebee 05.03.07 at 1:31 pm

OMG, how adorables. Now I understand “I want to put him in my mouf.”
Can I have him? I will keeps him in my pocket and wrap him in velveteen and feed him spinach and tomatoes and chocolate covered ladybugs and buff his tiny shell every night before bedtime and read him stories of the sea.

15 ThreeCatNight 05.03.07 at 1:33 pm

This is one cute turtlet(or turtlette).

16 Sara P. 05.03.07 at 1:33 pm

Oh my god, I love him. He’s so adorable!

It’s like:
#1) HISS!! GET AWAY!
#2) Ooo… I’m watching you!
#3) Hrmph. *vaguely content*

This of course begs the question: Can you snorgle a turtle?

17 Martha 05.03.07 at 1:39 pm

I squeeeed myself. :)

18 sandra eileen artisan jewelry 05.03.07 at 1:39 pm

That is stunningly beautiful, how fortunate you were to have been there.

19 Courtney 05.03.07 at 1:43 pm

Is he hatching on a napkin?

Customer: Mmm, a hard-boiled egg… wait a sec, it’s hatching!

Turtle: I am not a snack! *grump*

20 Karen 05.03.07 at 1:46 pm

Awwwwww so cute! Perfect little newborn! I bet he’s about the size of a nickle.

21 jaypo 05.03.07 at 1:46 pm

This is too much! A beebee toitle in an egg, a beebee toitle shaped like an egg!

::poit::

22 Laura 05.03.07 at 1:47 pm

OMGTORTUGASQUEE!!!

–Laura

23 Kritter 05.03.07 at 1:47 pm

Tiny translucent claws! Squee!

24 V1ctorya 05.03.07 at 1:55 pm

I loves it! In that first photo he’s all:

“Here’s Johnny!”

Then he’s all “wait, where am I?”

With a finale of, “well, at least Sanjaya was voted off, I can live in this world”

turtle resignation, awesomest to see.

25 jen 05.03.07 at 1:57 pm

“A’ve goot ta seev tha wee tehrtuls!!! GAHHHH!!!! Seev meh frum tha wee tehrtuls!!!”

Oh, and ebee?

“….and buff his tiny shell every night before bedtime and read him stories of the sea.”

classic, just classic.

26 RevWaldo 05.03.07 at 1:57 pm

Toitle (looks up): NOT THE MAMA!!

27 paula 05.03.07 at 2:09 pm

OMG, I’m sorry. Absolutely too prosh for words!

28 useta hada kitteh 05.03.07 at 2:12 pm

That was too adoraturkable. I wuvs him. And thanks, Rev. Waldo, I ‘joyed the ref to Dinosaurs! (Was that the name of the show? I loved that baby Dinosaur! NOT the Mama!)

29 PuppyMomma 05.03.07 at 2:14 pm

Behbeh turties are under-represented. And so are their little foreskin like necks.

30 Erika 05.03.07 at 2:15 pm

*squeal* How adorable!!
Toitoils are my absolute FAVORITE!

Oh, I want one!!

31 luvinmalssomuch 05.03.07 at 2:16 pm

SHELL SHOCK!

32 Kat 05.03.07 at 2:18 pm

Heheh…I used to watch Dinosours when I was a little kid…used to love that…NOT the mama *bam!* ^_^

33 Erika 05.03.07 at 2:20 pm

And yes, “Dinosaurs” was the name of the show…. I watched an episode just this morning online! lol

34 Laurie C 05.03.07 at 2:27 pm

CBF — he seems to know where his towel is, though. He was born on it!

35 AliceTanzer 05.03.07 at 2:35 pm

He looks more like a toirtoise than a turkle?

36 nutmeg 05.03.07 at 2:39 pm

1. RAAWWRRR I am ferocious
2. Okay, well, you are huge-large
3. I suppose I can allow to hold me – but NO SNORGLING! Or else I will retreat into my shell and you will never see me again. Until I am hungry, So there.

37 Cindy 05.03.07 at 2:40 pm

So cute! And such precious pink(?) translucent toenails! Wheeee! (^_^)

38 nutmeg 05.03.07 at 2:40 pm

Definitely a tortoise, not a turtle. But toitoil is so much cuter to say!

39 Meg 05.03.07 at 2:43 pm

The ‘Mark Walhberg’ comment has been deleted!

[flaps cape and flies away]

weeeeeeeeee!

40 Theo 05.03.07 at 2:46 pm

PS — it was that same old “celebrity” troll again, just FYI. Trying to be sneaky, maybe.

41 Celinda 05.03.07 at 2:57 pm

OMG!! That is THE most cutest thing i have seen! I have most def been Overloaded! Oh and i dont see why you couldnt snorgle a toitle! I tried but only met my computer screen!

42 Nuri 05.03.07 at 3:08 pm

Tortoise Hatchlings are the CUTEST!
This one looks like a Testudo Hermanni… anyone can confirm?

43 Emi 05.03.07 at 3:10 pm

*SQUEAK* I want to cuddle it… I want to cuddle it…. I want, I want, I want……..

44 A thinker 05.03.07 at 3:21 pm

Just-borned baby cute turtleage, too. Muy schweet.

45 eikoleigh 05.03.07 at 3:36 pm

I never thought I would want to cuddle a turle (tortoise?) but omg, he is so cute and looks so snuggable as he’s breaking out of his shell….just precious….

46 Sara P 05.03.07 at 3:37 pm

I showed this to my friend, and he said, “I never thought the day would come when I said something was ‘freaking cute’, and yet here I stand.”

Baby turtles make grown men squee!

47 Formica 05.03.07 at 3:46 pm

Such disapproval! I bet he could teach the bunnies a thing or two.

48 darkshines 05.03.07 at 3:48 pm

Tortoise. He has feet, not flippers, and is in a hard egg, not a soft one. Its like the difference between a cow and a whale people. One is land, one is sea….. :)

49 jen 05.03.07 at 4:00 pm

good lordie is that the cutest lil tur-tur or what! eep! brand new and shiny. too cute.

50 snusnu 05.03.07 at 4:18 pm

Oh holy Moses…my hand actually flew to my mouth when I saw this. Teeny, tiny tortie. I love tortoises in all their forms and ages, but wow, all shiny and new is something special.

51 Tiffany 05.03.07 at 4:25 pm

The first thing I thought when I saw the first picture was ” ooh! a dinosaur!”

52 Kit 05.03.07 at 4:25 pm

He’s got an extra baggy turtleneck! And it looks like his shell conformed to the shape of the egg. I hope his shell grows out, he’s got the human equivilent of a conehead baby!

53 Gal josefsberg 05.03.07 at 4:31 pm

Poor little thing. Reminds me of myself waking up on a Monday morning. So… hard… to… get… out… of… bed…

GJ
http://www.60in3.com

54 Myopic Millie 05.03.07 at 4:34 pm

So cute! Can’t wait until he grows some fur!!

55 ebee 05.03.07 at 4:57 pm

Ten tiny turtles on the telephone, talkin to the grocery man…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNOlzWIlQ3Y

56 Annie 05.03.07 at 4:59 pm

Too cute for words… Oh I guess that would be the infamouse Squeeeeeeee!!
Oh Tortoises!!! I am an official CO’er now!

57 Annie 05.03.07 at 5:00 pm

Hmmm I wonder if you can go OMGTORTOISES!!!!!1!1!.. Nope doesn’t have the same ring….

58 Anne 05.03.07 at 5:01 pm

This is awesome… nothing beats a new life.

59 Shannon Johnson 05.03.07 at 5:09 pm

How Cute! A leetle Baby Turtle

60 Kar 05.03.07 at 5:13 pm

Hmmm.

Maybe it’s the shape of the shell combined with the camera angle but he resembles a hermit crab to me.

61 Purple Belt 05.03.07 at 5:31 pm

That is sooo freakin’ cute! The dialogue adds the perfect touch.

62 pjk 05.03.07 at 5:46 pm

Foreskin? Hah!

63 chelonianmobile 05.03.07 at 6:19 pm

D’aww. The Turtle Moves, and so does the dinky widdle tortoise.

64 my cat is a sphere 05.03.07 at 6:22 pm

Please, I want heem.
He shall be mine.
Yes?

65 MJ 05.03.07 at 6:36 pm

I saved a baby turtle at one of our woods and lake parks a while ago (who dropped you in the dirt so far from the pond? which he was VERY happy to return to) – strong little sucker. Really strong. His shell was about the size of a walnut, maybe a little larger, and as I carried him towards the water he could smell the water, wanted the pond, and his little stumpy arms and legs and head started moving to “EHN!” get to the water – amazingly strong for such a weenie size.

66 lurkertype 05.03.07 at 6:41 pm

No one’s commented on the alt-text of the last photo?

“Looking for a turtle-sized Wiimote”.

Hee! Only Meg would know that a just-hatched turtle needs to play him some video games.

Seeing this little guy and the reactions to him makes me think “so it’s squeeees all the way down?”

67 musicchick2 05.03.07 at 7:45 pm

First pic: “TA-DA!!! I have arrived!”

Love the markings on his shell. I don’ know alot about toitles but I’m thinkin’ this little one is a sea turtle. ‘Cause of all that Discovery channel & Animal Planet stuff I watch. :-)

68 ebee 05.03.07 at 8:03 pm

My Cat Is: I have dibs! See my offer earlier in this thread. What can YOU offer? :)

69 acelightning 05.03.07 at 9:39 pm

I love the prehistoric facial expressions on Teeny Turkleson (yes, I know he’s a tortoise, not a turtle, but “turkle” is funnier) as he gets used to being in the world. And he’s so *tiny* – I think I’ve seen bugs bigger than that!

70 cutebabyfix.com 05.03.07 at 11:05 pm

he would like a another bath, and another cup of tea…

71 Pinkle 05.03.07 at 11:30 pm

Born on a napkin
A palm for a bed
The little bebe turtle
popped out his sweet head

The peeps on the internet
Looked down where he lay
The little bitty turty
Is famous today

I love you tiny turtle
You really are so sweet
Thanks to cute overload’s RSS feed
My day is complete!

72 Jessica 05.04.07 at 12:43 am

I think I may have a heart attack!

73 Jaci 05.04.07 at 1:20 am

BEST PEEKSHURRRR EVER!

74 elena 05.04.07 at 3:35 am

the hatching is so perfect it looks like it has been rehearsed 10x before they took these shots.

that’s why he looks so grumpy! so much work for a little guy!

75 my cat is a sphere 05.04.07 at 3:49 am

ebee,
I offer life with a spherical cat.
What more is there?
Ehn?

76 Subhangi 05.04.07 at 3:55 am

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Bebeh egg-shaped toitle in an egg! I want eet!!!

::splodesplodesplode::

77 Cutles 05.04.07 at 8:38 pm

Im’a eat that bon-bon.

78 Apathygrrl 05.05.07 at 2:05 pm

*gasps in shock* Eeeeeeee! A teeny tiny baby tortoise! Oh my he is soooooo adorable! When I saw this pic I caught my breath. He’s just hatchin’!! Just hatchin’! I can’t believe it! OMG. Baby is just hatchin’ now in front of my eyes. Wow. I am nearly at a loss for words.

79 Tor 05.05.07 at 4:34 pm

Such a magnificent wii one!

O Resident Animator…a challenge pour vous…tween the tort, bitte!

80 Annie 05.05.07 at 5:03 pm

musicchick2, not entirely sure but I believe it is a desert tortoise.” http://www.silcom.com/~pordecon/baby_desert_tortoise.bmp ” They rescue them out here in california as they are endangered. I mean the eggs. and raise them then releasee them back into the desert.

81 Theo 05.05.07 at 5:50 pm

Tor — I ain’t the only one here with .GIF software, if it’s me you’re referring to…

82 mlle_x 05.06.07 at 12:23 am

OMG LITTLE FEETS!!!!

83 Spikedcolor 05.06.07 at 4:41 pm

chelonianmobile- Discworld? Love It!

Bebe tortoise=dies from cute.

84 lucille 05.06.07 at 8:21 pm

I love this! it’s so cute!-

85 Genevieve 05.12.07 at 6:41 am

You don’t realize just how small he is until you see him in the hand. Love zee turtles!

86 megan 05.24.07 at 2:37 am

cutie wuts its name?????????

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