Check this mini snake-necked turtle out, he’s getting all Gary Coleman on yer asses:
But then you realize there’s nothing to worry about because HE’S THE SIZE OF A QUARTER:
This anerable baby Snake-necked turtle is currently giving the Side Eye to other turtles at the Smithsonian. Diff’rent Strokes for Libbie H.
Oh Em Geeee!
Second picture with the ZZZZ action + quarter?! YES!
I think he looks a bit ET-ish. What an adorable leetle guy!
so tiny
But I somehow feel he is needing his tiny spectacles and a wee little bowler hat…maybe a vest and the morning paper…
so cute. so tie tie.
Yes, It’s ET i think. PHOOOONE HOOOOOOOME!
omg he’s even sleeping with his butt in the air, just like a baby. Nighty-Night little one.
Well, someobdy had to do it.
What’s with the neck?
Theresa: It’s a Slinky neck. like this:
Who would have thunk that an amphibian could be so qte?
Theresa: I throw the gauntlet down. *throws it down in the dirt. Pffft* Wanna have a go at it? ’70s commercials perhaps? hmmmmmmmm??
He’s definitely an ET clone but on a small scale. And with a shell. Very cute though.. needless to say.
i may just get nightmares from this–it’s less like a turtle and more like a big bug with a giraffe-size neck
ERASERHEAD BABY.
He’s wee! He’s so wee! He’s so wee I almost weed!
Can he pull his head inside his shell?
He’s, like, turtle-y (tewtally?) E.T…
Omigod Meg said ASSES. Screw this forking site, I come here for cute animals, not CHEAP SMUT. Unsubscribe!
*say in Royal Family British accent properly, what?* Oh no. Meg said asses? Crap. Really? Oh, dear. Boogery. What smut. What dreadful boogery, bloody smut. Too sad, Warrior Two, to see your shiny arse getting kicked as the door closes behind you, right? Quite. Okay, then. (spit, spot. off we go, gov, is that right?) *having tea now*
Oooooh! I got to use all of the proper spellings of the word to (too and two) in one whole sentence in that last post! Hot diggety damn!
Oh dear, until I scrolled down, I was sure that was a picture of a turd… (either that or mämmi/memma, google it if you don’t know what it is)
@QoD: Re: Slinky neck: (headslap) Oh, of course!!!
Uh-oh. Theresa’s in the house!
Theresa: I call and match you (and stuff and things…don’t really know that poker talk) But, I call and match and call and things and double down, and stuff and…crap. I have no idea what I’m talking about. *drops gauntlet in the dirt and walks away* crap. Now my gloves are all dirty. *climbs on horse in a clumsey way and rides into the sunrise*
Good grief. I’m bored. Okay. T.V. show theme songs or commercials, all of the ’70s. GO!!
Here’s mine!
Holy Crap. I seem to have the run of it. Well, okay then. Wow! Left me alone to do whatever I like! Yay! Wheeeeee!! *runs about through Snickering Lounge with pants off*
The leetle eye capsules have made me DED.
Turtles are reptiles.
The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC has a great reptile house with a whole tank of these lovable snake-neck turtles. It’s fascinating to watch them swim.
(Great snakies there, too!)
It took my eyes a minute to realize that in the first pic those are the swirls of a human hand he’s sitting on – good heavens that’s tiny!!!!
The eye caps are really cute. He is so cute. I’m hungry. *pops in mouf and chews*
I have received my shipment of “snake-neck turtle” and I am very disappointed. The reptile I received is nothing like what was depicted in your television commercial. Is there a special treatment (vitamins, radiation) needed to complete my reptile? Please explain.
Please to be noting Turtle tocks and teeny tiny turtle toes!
Patitio: That was one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen. Thanks!
Durnit, Warrior Two beat me to it! BLOCKINGSITEIMMEDIATELYYYY. :p
Such a wee dainty lil’ dude! CAN he pull his head in his shell?!
He looks like Toothless when he’s all sleeping! Maybe he’ll get wings when he gets older…
Awwwwwwww. My cat’s friend, Loretta just came in. I just noticed how much she’s grown since I first met her. She’s soooooo pretty. I love her white socks.
Definitely ET.
Ell . . …. . . . eeeeeeeeeeee . . . . . . . . ut. Ell. . . eee. . . . ut. Elliot! Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot Elliot!
I’ll . . . .be . . . . right . . . . here.
The Slinky commercial reminded me of this:
@patito– YIKES!!
2QoD, sorry, I fell asleep! We’ll rematch some other time!
RE: Sanford and Son: Last time I was on jury duty, they had a TV in the waiting room, and were showing Sanford & Sons continuously. I had a book I was reading, but I cracked up every time I heard “Shut up, Dummy!”
That is such a cute turtle, totalleh cute. And it is also endangered
Theresa: If you want to, it’s go time.
Melissa H: Good one. Stand by. I think.
Classic.
Q0D, whoa, I do believe that owl’s voice was Paul Winchell, also the voice of Tigger.
Peeps, sorry to be sad here but I need to talk. I am watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition and here is someone I once knew. Her name is Carol and she and I were apprentices at Dance Theatre of Harlem. Well, it appears, from watching the show, that she has been stricken with MS and not only can she no longer dance but she has to walk with the help of canes. I will never again complain about stupid things that happen in my life. Carol is an inspiration to me. I can’t believe this.
Stef, that is so sad. I will send her good thoughts, and have Dante send her purrs.
LOL @ Patito Gigante
Gameraaaaaa!
Gameraaaaaa!
Gamera is really neat
He is filled with turtle meat
We all love you, Ga-me-raaaaa!
Thanks Theresa. I don’t know why this is hurting me so much as I haven’t seen this person in years. I guess it was just startling to see her on TV barely able to walk. I guess it was just really unexpected. *sob* But I think she’ll be okay.
P.S. I’m still going to kick your butt at Commercial Wars. (did I spell that right?)
Holy. Crap.
Well ET cetainly (d’yerknow, I’ve never seen the film, although I feel as though I must have; perhaps there’s a collective consciousness about such things. Ahem… onwards). But can any of you clever reptile peeps tell me why s/he’s got patterns pretty much UNDERneath his/her shell? Wouldn’t the patterns usually be on the top for camouflage, to make them look like a shaded rock or something?
He kinds reminds me of that turtle-like dude on Never-ending Story–you know the one? Especially the eye capsules in the second pic.
This little guy is so adorable! I can practically hear the plink plink plink of his spectacular eye capsules! We have a whole bunch of new babies at the National Zoo, including a brand new baby kiwi hatchling! It was just discovered that the kiwi is a girl, which is great news, since female kiwis are outnumbered by the males in the wild. Here is a link to her very own personal webcam (because she is nocturnal, the best time to see her in action is during the evening)
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Birds/default.cfm?cam=Kiwi
And because we have so many babies, we also have a ton of animal cams. I like to check in on these cams during the day when I need to decompress. Instant relaxation:
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/WebCams/default.cfm?hpout=webcam_link&xtr=
QoD, I remember that s***.
The Duchess of Cupcake? Wow, royalty really turns out for CO!
Peeps, it’s not nice to fool the Queen of Dork!
Holy crap! Peeps, is there anybody out there who knows about plumbing? I just poured a whole bottle of this drano type stuff down my bathtub drain and I hope that was an ok thing to do? Zoiks! I hope so. I hope I don’t burn my tubes with the chemicallyness of that. Gosh.
Ha-ha Theresa! I love that one! Stand by. I’m going to try to find something.
This one almost made me gag.
QoD: Oh. Em. Frickin’ Gee!!!
I had to breathe into a paper bag to recover from that!
Kind cool kind WOW! QoD!!
Hmm, let’s see.
Theresa: Wow! Rainbows and kitten whiskers happening over here. I LOVE that one. Stand by…
This one even scares me.
Theresa: I know I’m going out of turn here but I really couldn’t help myself when I thought of this gem. (tickity-tok)
Is he filled with turtle meat?
I just out did myself. The “Shivering Bits?”
Patito did this horrifyingly scary thing earlier.
*hides under bed shaking uncontrollably.*
Ahh, the liberated ’70s! When the hoards of women hitting the workforce provided yet more opportunity to shame them, not only for being not sexy/clean/hygienic/odorless/domestic enough!
So ladies, get your hands in that dishwater!
Tineeeee turtle. Brand new hatchink?
Theresa: Wow! That was good. Stand by
Here you go, Theresa. You have to kind of wait for it for a minute but the commercial is there. (Beat this)
WILLIE MAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 ***hedsplode*********
More Woo-man shaming!:
Digestible, too!
Oh. Is Willie Mays some big deal sports person? Was he some sort of really great hitter with the wooden bat thing? I’m really curious because I just don’t know. Zoiks!
QoD, I can’t begin to convey his awesomeness!!!!
Theresa: Back atcha, baby!
Theresa: Really? Was he as good as Randy Johnson?
My all time favorite sports guy is JOHN ELWAY!!!!!!! (Go Broncos!!!!)
I heart John Elway! (oh yeah…and you, too Baryshnikov. Love you, too!)
Q0D: Randy Johnson– My mother calls him a “(very bad word) with ears.”
What a dreadful name Randy Johnson is. Just think about it.
ANYways . . . here’sa WTF for you.
This is STILL fun to watch!
(you knew I had to do it, right?)
Theresa: Hahahaha!! I never thought of it like that before! (by the way, GO BRONCOS!)
What says ’70s like Low Rider?
Theresa: Oh HELL no you did not just go there. LOVE that song! stand by….
More on the way….
QoD, would you believe I actually saw this chick Madonna in a club in the early 80s, and thought “Jesus, this is the least talented person I have ever seen. They let just anybody get up and sing.”
Theresa: Hahaha! Stand by. got a good one for you. (if I can find it).
Holy crap. Bowie ROCKS!!
I was going to play one of my favorite song/videos, Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb. But then I looked at it and I was like, maybe not so much. I love it, but it’s a tad dark for CO I imagine.
Yes, QoD, post one of those light, frivolous Floyd songs!
They’re so cute at that age. I almost squashed one a couple of years ago and also used a quarter to show how (not) big it was
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artdrauglis/2839773825
and I’m finding it oddly fascinating how folks go from a bebeh turtle to Dawn to Gilligan’s island to Crisco etc etc
He looks like Randall the bad guy from Monsters Inc. in the first picture. Scared me.
oh meg, how i LOVE to see posts from you. no offense to the others, but it’s just SOOO classic C.O. when you post!!!
Bookmonstercats–
It’s called countershading–things are often lighter and strongly patterened underneath if they are likely to get snarfed by a predator from below. Turtles usually swim near the surface of water in the lighter zone, so to be invisible to a fish lurking below, they want to mach the brighter colors above. Patterning helps break up the outlines of the body. I heard a turtle guy give a talk about hatchlings and he speculated that the plastron spots functioned to warn fish not to swallow baby turts. He said they’re small enough to exit the fish through the gill slits–ouch!! But I’ve never heard that theory again, so I dunno.
I used to work at the zoo and saw a brand new snake neck try to learn to walk and balance that head/neck without floomping forward.
Leslie