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.)
