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Turtle's Head
My aunt had a pet Turtle (not sure how old) and it hibernated in a small shoe box as it did every year, but when she opened to check on him, his head had completely fallen off....dead (obviously).
I appreciate this is a totally random thread but it was a story my mum recited to me and I often wonder if that is actually possible. is this a common thing to happen to turtles? Or tortoise maybe? |
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Was it done on porpoise?
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At least he came out of his shell.
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It's like Dumb And Dumber all over again.
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It's like Dumb And Dumber all over again... Polly got a cracker. |
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That John Denver is full of shit man
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We got no food, we got no jobs..
OUR PETS HEADS ARE FALLING OFF..... |
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they shed their heads every year.
any fool knows that . |
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My aunt, who I live with, used to have a parrot called Perseverance.
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I thought this was going to be a poo thread.
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I thought this was about the other sort of turtles head
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they shed their heads every year.
any fool knows that . |
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I thought this was about the other sort of turtles head
![]() Somebody had to say it eventually!
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It's a fairly common occurrence in tortoises and other testudines. It even has a name - chelonii cranial drop syndrome. Zoologists are not certain what causes it but the current thinking is that it is due to a recessive gene in combination with a calcium poor diet that results in degradation of the bone structure. It is advised to mix chalk powder with your tortoises normal food for several weeks prior to packing them away for the winter. Alternatively you can preemptively wrap sellotape (other brands available) around your pets neck to prevent any potential drop.
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Well you're the fool. They don't shed their heads, they shed their body, shell and everything... every year.
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Was the turtle's head touching cloth?
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Walking around extremely slowly like a headless tortoise just doesn't have the same ring to it!
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I must admit that in my whole life up to read this thread, I never even knew that the turtle's head falling off thing even happened.
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I have to admit, even if that happened to my own pet turtle I'd still find it impossible to resist impersonating Scottish Mike Myers - "I got a tortle's heeeeed poppin oot."
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My aunt had a pet Turtle (not sure how old) and it hibernated in a small shoe box as it did every year, but when she opened to check on him, his head had completely fallen off....dead (obviously).
I appreciate this is a totally random thread but it was a story my mum recited to me and I often wonder if that is actually possible. is this a common thing to happen to turtles? Or tortoise maybe? |
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And here is me thinking it was a thread about Jim Royle's toilet habits/
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My aunt had a pet Turtle (not sure how old) and it hibernated in a small shoe box as it did every year, but when she opened to check on him, his head had completely fallen off....dead (obviously).
I appreciate this is a totally random thread but it was a story my mum recited to me and I often wonder if that is actually possible. is this a common thing to happen to turtles? Or tortoise maybe? |
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I think it may have chewed its own head off. Check the neck for chew marks.
They can wake up early from hibernation, want a snack and turn round to find the nearest bite of food - their own neck. |
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