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A nervous and superstitious turtle who always relies on fortune cookies. Tooter Turtle: Total Television: Touché Turtle: Touché Turtle: Turtle The Red Turtle: A sea turtle turned into a human Umigame (Turtle) Dragon Ball: A sea turtle who is a companion of Master Roshi. He has a son named Umigame Jr. (Turtle, Jr.) English localized name ...
The generic name Cyclemys comes from the Greek κύκλος (kyklos, meaning 'round' or 'circle', referring to the shape of the carapace) and εμύς (emys; 'freshwater turtle'). [12] They are known under the common name Asian leaf turtles or simply leaf turtles , again because of the appearance of their carapaces.
The species name references Maturin, a recurring entity in the works of Stephen King said to be a giant turtle that created the universe. King in turn derived the name from the character of Stephen Maturin from Patrick O'Brian's novel H.M.S. Surprise, in which he names a giant tortoise. [1] [2]
Pseudemys is a genus of large, herbivorous, freshwater turtles of the eastern United States and adjacent northeast Mexico. They are often referred to as cooters, which stems from kuta, the word for turtle in the Bambara and Malinké languages, brought to America by enslaved people from Africa.
The eastern painted turtle's diet is the least studied. It prefers to eat in the water, but has been observed eating on land. The fish it consumes are typically dead or injured. [120] The midland painted turtle eats mostly aquatic insects and both vascular and non-vascular plants. [123]
Once out in the big wide world, some types of turtles are easily distinguished by appearance – for example, by size, color, and claw length. However, the most common way to determine turtle ...
Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help ... Pages in category "Anthropomorphic turtles" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
“Turtle Boy,” (sometimes called the “Zombie Kid”) was a cultural phenomenon. Cameos on The O’Reilly Factor and Comedy Central’s Tosh.0 further solidified his place in the zeitgeist.