Since Terengganu is very famous with watching turtle, so,
there is a little bit fact about turtle :
1. Turtles, once they get a taste for human
flesh, can eat nothing else ever again.
2. Baby turtles are called “Sparkies.”
3. Turtles can live up to 200 years, but
most experts agree that they hit their “turtle peak” in their mid 70s. After
this, they become too politically conservative to really be fun to talk to at a
party.
4. Turtles do not wear clothes, even though
there are lots of pictures of turtles wearing scarves.
5. The shell of a turtle is made of the
same material as fingernails, leading some scientists to commonly refer to them
as “stupid.”
6. Turtles can do rudimentary math, like
addition and subtraction, but they lack the capacity to truly understand
negative numbers.
7. Turtles only have one organ that handles
all of a turtle’s bodily functions, such as digesting food, and making the
turtle blink, and nothing else. That’s all turtles need to do.
8. If you compliment a turtle, it will
blush super hard.
9. In turtle, the word for “hello” is the
same as the word for “goodbye.”
10. Turtle soup is in fact not made from
turtles, but rather from a vegetable broth and cheap horsemeat. Also: little
bits of turtle.
SIDE FACT: turns out “horsemeat” is a word, and it is
spelled exactly like that. I learned stuff today!
11. In turtle communities, blushing is
viewed as a sign of weakness, and will incite aggression from turtle peers,
and, in extreme cases, violence.
12. Turtles can hear if you scream in
space.
13. Turtles are terrible gossips. If you
tell a turtle you have a crush on Leslie, pretty soon everybody knows, even
Leslie’s best friend, Sami. I bet Leslie knows now. Oh gosh! This is the worst!
Thanks a lot, turtle!
14. Turtles actually experience time
slower, which is why they move so slowly. To a turtle, we are moving at an
unreasonably fast speed, which is why many scientists think they openly mock
us.
15. Turtles are not color blind, but can in
fact see one extra color, which humans cannot sense. The color is commonly
referred to as “red,” and though many have tried, it is ultimately impossible
for us to imagine.
16. Turtles reproduce asexually by a
process called “binary fission.”
17. Catholics agree that the chief sin of
the turtle is pride.
18. Turtles live in an honor-shame society,
as described in Amy Chau's book
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which is why most turtle parents
are unbearable.
19. Turtle clothes come in one size: husky.
20. Turtles are born live in litters of
about 8 to 10. The mother will try to consume some of the turtles, to teach the
remaining turtles the following lesson: I am very rude.
21. The turtle’s natural predator is rhythm and blues.
22. Turtles that can breathe underwater are
known as “hydrorespiratory,” whereas turtles that cannot breathe underwater are
known as “cowards.”
23. A turtle’s body is divided into three
segments: the head, the thorax, and the swimsuit area.
24. A turtle’s shell is scientifically
referred to as its “dust jacket.”
