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  2. Cultural depictions of turtles - Wikipedia

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    The Turtle House by the German architect and designer Kurt Völtzke (Atelier Color, Chemnitz) at El Gouna (Red Sea, Egypt) Turtles are frequently depicted in popular culture as easygoing, patient, and wise creatures. Due to their long lifespan, slow movement, sturdiness, and wrinkled appearance, they are an emblem of longevity and stability in ...

  3. Category:Turtles in art - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Turtles in art" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total

  4. Painted turtle - Wikipedia

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    The southern painted turtle (C. dorsalis) is alternately considered the only other species in Chrysemys, or another subspecies of C. picta. The adult painted turtle is 13–25 cm (5.1–9.8 in) long; the male is smaller than the female. The turtle's top shell is dark and smooth, without a ridge.

  5. Turtle - Wikipedia

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    Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked turtles), which differ in the way the head retracts. There are 360 living and recently extinct species of turtles ...

  6. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories - Wikipedia

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    Followed by. Happy Birthday to You! Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is a picture book collection by Theodor Seuss Geisel, published under his more commonly known pseudonym of Dr. Seuss. It was first released by Random House Books on April 12, 1958, and is written in Seuss's trademark style, using a type of meter called anapestic tetrameter.

  7. List of fictional turtles - Wikipedia

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    A yellow turtle who is the titular host of the show. Slash Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Snappy Sam The Comic Strip (TV series) An anthropomorphic turtle who is the chef and owner of the diner whom "Honeylove" Loretta, of the Street Frogs, works as a waitress and kitchen helper. Speed The Swan Princess: Tamachan Love Hina: A flying turtle. Tank

  8. Category:Turtles in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Turtles in popular culture". The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Cultural depictions of turtles.

  9. The Tortoise Trainer - Wikipedia

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    The Tortoise Trainer (Turkish: Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi) is a painting by Osman Hamdi Bey, with a first version created in 1906 and a second in 1907.Hamdi's painting of an anachronistic historical character attempting to train tortoises is usually interpreted as a satire on the slow and ineffective attempts at reforming the Ottoman Empire.