After-Dinner Turtle?

Eet ees ze perfect complement to ze meal. Ze tiny shell, she ees so light and delicate, and ze leempid eyes, zey are so sweet and bee-yoo-te-fool. Ah, but you must try at least ze one, I een-seest…

I still prefer the crunchy frog, Liz M.

86 comments … read them below or add one

  1. Martha in Washington says:

    “Non! Do not eet mee! Jeest take leetle noms pleeze.”

    I’ll take a tiny toe taste, please.

  2. Martha in Washington says:

    Can I just say that for the last two turtle posts I have been the *whispers* first to comment. Is someone trying to tell me something? Should I look into a new pet perhaps?

    • Sharpy says:

      @martha

      >>Can I just say that for the last two turtle posts I have been the *whispers* first to comment.

      theo may have joined the army, but he isn’t dead, you know. i wouldn’t press my luck if i were you. ;)

  3. barbara says:

    Seriously, look at those tiny toe nails, the reflection on its nose. It is perfectly beautiful. I want to tell it everything will be all right always.

  4. dmaufer says:

    Eet ees, how you say, adorables. Le squee!!!!!

  5. Joanie says:

    Noooooo! No eating of ze bebeh turtle.

  6. dogsleder says:

    Teh taileo! Oh!

  7. Lyndse says:

    It’s wah-fer theen…

  8. knittinkitten says:

    The leetle toes and tailio! It’s too cute! The teeny tiny shell! Eeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. Hon Glad says:

    What a cute baby and it comes with its own crib.

  10. fatgrammafinn says:

    must geev heem muchas smooches

  11. Faye says:

    Ze teardrop on his tummy!

  12. kasia says:

    No eating cuteh turtleh!
    Only geeve tiny kissehs. Mmmm-hmmm!

  13. isabelle says:

    So jolie!

  14. kenny_g says:

    *plink* *plink*

  15. forsakenbeast says:

    *om nom nom*… -burp-

  16. Marie says:

    Those dreamy Bambi eyes alone are making me fall in love. They’re zapping me like cupid’s arrow. I am under your spell, little shell.

  17. ¡¡¡Teenage mutant ninja turtles!!!!

  18. mie says:

    @animalesenpantalla: I do believe this is fact an underage mutant ninja turtle. Maybe even a mutant ninja toddler-turtle.

  19. biscuithead says:

    Thanks for the Monty Python reference!
    @barbara — what you said! Agreed!

  20. Alexandra says:

    “*ehnn* I see you over there. Wait ’till you put me back on my legs. I’ll give ya a nice little pinch on yo finger. *ehnn*”

  21. Julie says:

    Ahhhh I love him or her!! But I hope it wasn’t on its back for too long. Turtles can’t breathe well when they’re flipped on their backside. I only know that because I have one, and mine used to be just as tiny! What a precious picture!

  22. 260Oakley says:

    Melts in your mouth, not in your hand.

  23. Really interesting articles. I enjoyed reading it. I need to read more on this topic…

  24. ariel says:

    squee. squee. squeedly-squee.

  25. Jessy says:

    I love him! Love Him! So tiny, so perfect. And the tummeh teardrop is just icing on the tortuga!

  26. Katey says:

    No “I’m going to eat you” tag?

    I love him. I can see his little feets waving in the air.

  27. Mary K. says:

    Tiny feets! Tiny feets!

  28. kelly says:

    Love the single lil’ teardrop on it’s belly.

  29. Katey says:

    + head tilt! Its more “seriously, man?” than “baroo?” though.

    I had to come back and look at this again after I made my breakfast.

  30. Emmberrann says:

    “Plink” “plink” indeed. How teeny! How fragile! I am in ze awe of ze petite tortue.

  31. kat says:

    aaaahh!! soo cute!! i loff zee teensy weensy talio-inglesias :D

    nice hovertext haha :D – i mean, zee hova teext, eet makes me…ha-pi ;D

  32. NH says:

    Leave one on my pillow when you do the turndown. Thanks!

  33. mandy_Reeves says:

    nooo I cannot stand to think of Mr Creosote nomming up this leetle beh beh turtle.

  34. Brianw says:

    Tiny McTurtleson

  35. jen says:

    oh
    my
    gawd
    *passes out from the cuteness*

  36. kibblenibble says:

    Tiny turtle trusts
    Toenails, tail, and teardrop to
    Ham-handed human

    PS SQUEEEEEEEEE! :D

  37. Brenda says:

    Oh my! How cute!

  38. Juno says:

    Ummmm . . . is that a teeny snapping turtle? I must know this before I decide whether it’s cute.

  39. Venerable Bead says:

    No one’s noticed how the markings on his little belleh seem to be a tattoo self portrait? He is too freakin’ adorable. :)

  40. occula says:

    Awwwwww. That’s really about all I can say. Precious little wee parts.

  41. Holly says:

    So teeny! It looks like it’s smiling. “Tickle mah belleh..you know you want to!”

  42. skippymom says:

    He has a muppet monster face on his belly!

  43. Venerable Bead says:

    @skippymom…you’re right! That teardrop shape is the perfect image of Telly’s nose!

  44. Saffron says:

    Yes, crunchy frog is delish, but I prefer ram’s bladder cup, myself.

  45. skippymom says:

    Sharpy, with all due respect, I don’t think Martha was doing the “I’m first!” thing. I think she was just noting that she seems to be attracted to turtles. Just my impression.

  46. Meerna says:

    Ehn!

  47. Nikki says:

    The world must look like an awfully BIG place to such a wee little turtle. I just love his tiny knees in on his back legs. Sooo much cuteness.

  48. O NO He/She/IT DI-unt!!!! says:

    (giggle)
    Tiny McTurtleson (brianw I think)

    Yay

  49. Colonel Jenna says:

    So angelic looking, and yet… something about the look on the wee little face tells me, “As soon as I am bigger than your nose — I am biting your nose!”

  50. chanpon says:

    OMG! *in my best Willy voice* Someone save me from this weee turtle!! He’s so prosh!

  51. Erin says:

    What does the hovertext mean? And yes, I tried Google. ;)

  52. Beth says:

    @Erin = I’m wafer thin.

  53. Erin says:

    Ah, Monty Python. OK. Thanks!

  54. CRUNCHY FROGS band played at our Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary benefit this weekend!! http://www.facebook.com/HHonTV?v=wall#!/album.php?aid=240220&id=393718831382&ref=mf

  55. Fleurdamour says:

    Can you tickle a turtle? That belleh sure makes me want to try.

  56. TH says:

    Better… Better get a bucket..
    For the turtle of course :)

    Or maybe a tub?

  57. Macy says:

    awwww such cute litle feet so smal and it cute litle eyes and face so cute!!

  58. Theresa says:

    Oh NO, Mr. Creosote! Monty Python and the Meaning of Life ref in the hovertext!

  59. katie says:

    I don’t normally squee for reptiles, but the leetle turtle is so squee I couldn’t helpp myself!

  60. Martha in Washington says:

    @skippymom–Yes! That was exactly my point! Thank you for understanding!

    @Sharpy–I would never, NEVER disrespect you or Theo in that way! (In other ways, perhaps, but never in THAT way. :) )

  61. skippymom says:

    Martha, glad I could help.
    Now, you’d better go and get yourself a turtle, eh?

  62. Minou says:

    That’s the model for the new “Turtle” chocolate caramels. Will be a definite competitor of “After-8″ in the “Haute society”, no doote! Crunshy on the outside, smooth filling… Vous prendrez bien une tortue avec votre porto?

  63. Roland says:

    See the TURTLE of enormous girth! On his shell he holds the earth.

  64. GingerBean says:

    Roland, if this is the turtle you’re referring to, that Beam is a goner! :^o

  65. Snowpea says:

    If you look carefully at the patterns on his belleh, you will be able to see Grover!

  66. Meaghan says:

    So small you could swallow him whole, like Fudge in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.

  67. jaylee says:

    Anyone else notice Grover from the Muppets right below his belly-button (um, assuming there was one)?

  68. jaylee says:

    oops, I meant Grover from Sesame Street…

  69. Szilvia says:

    Gotta love the reference to the nastiest movie scene ev-ah! And THAT’S why I keep coming back, not just for teh cute, but for teh sarcastic as well! ;-)

  70. Lerrinus says:

    Awwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!! :-D

  71. Alig8r says:

    I didn’t notice Grover until you mentioned it. I saw immediately what Venerable Bead saw…a tattoo of the turtle himself

  72. luvstehQte says:

    Grover belleh!!!! Is there a monster at the end of this turtle????

  73. Mary (the first) says:

    He/she looks kind of like a decorated Reese’s P.B. Cup.. chocolatey colored shell with peanuty colored markings.. adorable and definitely nommable!

  74. raiu9 says:

    Turtle: HUG!!!!!!!

  75. Wolfie says:

    HEAD TILT!!!

  76. Wolfie says:

    I just wanna rub his belly…. :)

  77. Juno says:

    WOW! Still more proof that CO rules the world. I stopped at the grocery store last night and for the first time ever they had discount DVDs. I looked through them and found–believe it or not–”Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life”!! Naturally I snatched it up and watched it last night, and finally I can get references like “way-far theen” and “get a bucket.” (Though I must admit, as a ridiculously squeamish person, I had a very hard time getting through that scene.)

    But I still say that thing looks like a snapping turtle (vile, evil, mean, nasty, scary beasties) to me, and therefore the only thing to do is “KILL HIM! KILL HIM!”* or “kill it before it grow.”**

    * “28 Days Later” reference
    ** “I Shot the Sheriff” reference

  78. O NO He/She/It DI-unt!!!! says:

    @ Mary (thefirst)

    I named one of my fave kittehs “Reesie” after (partly) the PB cups and (partly) b/c I find Reese Witherspoon deeelightful (and the kitteh was a girly-girl, having herself some bebehs of her own )and…..

    Signed,
    Etc.

  79. Julie says:

    Holy crap! That is the cutest thing I ever sawd!

  80. Daria says:

    He has Elmo t-shirt :d

  81. Camila says:

    Que lindo muito fofo mesmo! AMEI demais! queria ter um na minha mão agora mesmo! gostei muito do blog, mesmo tendo tudo em inglês, Beijos*–*

  82. swimmer love says:

    that si cute! luv it!

  83. swimmer love says:

    btw, i comleatly agree with julie, this is the cutest thing EVER!!!!!!!

  84. swimmer love says:

    i just read juno’s post up above, and i thought of the movie juno cuz i saw it last night!!!!!! he he he!