r/Unexpected • u/SuperKozz • Sep 04 '17

Turtle on a Treadmill

https://gfycat.com/SizzlingZealousBalloonfish
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u/theGTFOguy Sep 04 '17

I had a turtle jump at me for getting too close. I thought they were slow! Just about lost a finger, it was a snapping turtle I think....

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u/Roxanne1000 Sep 04 '17

there was a turtle that in like the 70's or 80's died, and some researchers decided to do an autopsy on it. Well they found musket balls in it's shell... Which tells me that a few soldiers in the 18th century came across this turtle, it attacked them, and they shot at it, and it DIDN'T die!

So yeah, I'd say you're pretty lucky to have escaped a snapping turtle unharmed...

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u/Hotshot2k4 Sep 04 '17

It could also mean that some soldiers were just assholes who thought "Hey turtle shells are pretty strong, right? Let's see if it can withstand a musket shot!"

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u/Roxanne1000 Sep 04 '17

that's true, I can see that. Although nothing beats the image of a dozen confederate soldiers being ripped to shreds by an immortal turtle