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Hundred year old turtle. (Original Post)
rug
Sep 2014
OP
"Tell me the truth; does it look natural? They promised it would look natural."
Scootaloo
Sep 2014
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TexasTowelie
(112,384 posts)1. I thought you were referring to this guy:
bvf
(6,604 posts)4. LOL! The confusion is understandable.
Another crawly thing that seems to live forever.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)2. "Tell me the truth; does it look natural? They promised it would look natural."
ReRe
(10,597 posts)3. It's like a living fossil n/t
Doesn't look a day over 95........
Here's a video of a true living fossil being sighted. A dead one was found in the 1930s, brought up by a fishing boat after being thought extinct for millions of years. National Geographic sent out teams to try to gt a live sighting:
Cha
(297,556 posts)6. Nice.. I love turtles! All sizes shapes and forms. Beautiful site of Sean Scott's photogs..
We call these plumeria flowers in Hawaii and they grow on trees.. interesting!
https://www.seanscottphotography.com.au/gallery.php
Mahalo, rug~
panader0
(25,816 posts)7. When I lived in Manoa Valley
we had a plumeria tree in the front yard and a mango tree in the back. A beautiful place.
Cha
(297,556 posts)10. Sounds deliciously beautiful, pander0!
antiquie
(4,299 posts)8. That's funny. In California we call them
plumeria and they grow to be trees.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)9. Great A'Tuin, is that you?
sakabatou
(42,170 posts)11. Reminds me a lil of the lion turtle
adirondacker
(2,921 posts)12. Looks like he spent a couple of years in Oregon.