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Over 1,000 Turtles Slowly Escaped From Captivity And Not A Single Person Grabbed A Camera

by Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez | 2:00 pm, July 20th, 2012


More than 1,000 turtles escaped a turtle farm in northwest Georgia this morning after vandals broke down the fences surrounding their turtle ponds. According to local authorities, a mix of  snappers, Eastern paints and yellow-bellied sliders ambled directly to nearby ponds and creeks.

Perhaps the most shocking part of this tragic (or perhaps triumphant) turtle tale is that there is not a single picture of the incident to be found on the internet. I know, I know, shocking, isn’t it? Most turtles walk under .5 miles per hour, and not a single person had the time go whip out their iPhone and take a video of this momentous escape? Darn you, sneaky turtles!

So, since we’re lacking photographic evidence of this slow-speed escape, we’ll provide some videos of what it probably looked like.

First, the turtles definitely had to eat. Busting out of jail is hard work!

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Then, I’m sure they took to the sewers with their skateboards, thus eluding media attention and capture…

I bet there were accidents along the way, but turtles who escape together stick together…

And, in the end, I’m sure they made it to freedom. I hope there’s pizza involved.

(via The Norman Transcript.)

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  • Anonymous

    I just have to say while this is all cute…if the turtles are not from the surrounding area then they are going to screw around with the ecosystem. :[ Good job vandals!

  • http://www.facebook.com/lindsey.stock.7 Lindsey Stock

    Will they be able to survive? I can’t help but remember that one time when people released chinchillas from a chinchilla farm, and they all ended up dead because they didn’t know how to fend for themselves in the wild.

  • Anonymous

     If they did indeed make it to the pond,  I’m sure they will. Turtles aren’t exactly domesticated, and can take care of themselves fine if they need to. Especially if these turtles were lucky enough to eat goldfish when they were captive. There’s the issue of predators and cars, but there’s nothing they couldn’t do a wild turtle could.

    The surrounding ecosystem on the other hand, I’d be a little more worried about. That is a lot of turtles after all.

  • http://www.facebook.com/evilknick Nick Altman

    All of these turtles are indigenous to the region naturally. Water turtles like these are also much faster on land than you would think. 

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