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Turtle Completes the Impossible (PIC)

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  • BoneStamp, on 11/11/2009, -9/+688Do a barrel roll!
  • jaybol, on 11/11/2009, -4/+354Splinter is a good teacher
  • socialpyramid, on 11/11/2009, -10/+342Turtles are cool. Crazy stubborn bastards have hung on through millions of years of evolution.
  • Mezz43, on 11/11/2009, -13/+332I like turdles
  • capyoda, on 11/11/2009, -3/+320TMNT Hiring Committee: That is an impressive resume. You're hired.
  • twiztidsinz, on 11/11/2009, -3/+207Leela: Bender, a turtle isn't yourself. Why do you care about it?
    Bender: Because I also care deeply about things that remind me of myself, like poor little Shelly here.
    Hermes Conrad: What could you possibly have in common with that walking soup mix?
    Bender: For one thing, we both have a tough outer shell but live a rich inner life. And also... well, you know.
    Leela: You're both alcoholic, whore-mongering, chain-smoking gamblers?
    Bender: No, it's just... neither of us can get up when we get knocked on our back.
    Fry: What? I've seen you get up off your back tons of times.
    Bender: Those times I was slightly on my side.
  • Joe_rigby, on 11/12/2009, -0/+200When I was at a scout camp in Indiana, there was a leader taking us through the wildlife part -- they had all kinds of different animals in one center.

    In the room where they kept turtles, fish, etc, he took a turtle and put it on its back in the center of a table where everyone was sitting. He said, "Now, this turtle will defy everything you've known about turtles for the longest time, and do what every turtle and animal can do!"

    Then, almost on cue, the turtle took a big upside down ***** on the table.
  • reelskamachine, on 11/11/2009, -2/+187There's hope for Bender!
  • tnoy, on 11/11/2009, -1/+129and occasionally becomes a soup.
  • x2cprincess, on 11/12/2009, -2/+128Nah, it's like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus. All year long, the grasshopper kept burying acorns for winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched TV. But then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus ate all his acorns and also he got a racecar. Is any of this getting through to you?
  • eddyb123, on 11/11/2009, -7/+132To put this in perspective, I will be equally impressed when humans fly.
  • namja23, on 11/11/2009, -7/+122Break dancin turtle!
  • redraven9, on 11/11/2009, -2/+102slow and steady wins the race
  • Zahada, on 11/11/2009, -5/+96Clever girl...
  • emudeath, on 11/11/2009, -5/+75ever see an airplane?
  • Azhnul, on 11/11/2009, -2/+72Not only is this not impossible...it's actually quite ordinary. Turtles right themselves all the time...most have evolved to do so.
  • TYDZN, on 11/12/2009, -0/+69Did not expect that ending, that actually mad me laugh out loud!
  • AgentRoyIV, on 11/12/2009, -0/+65Interesting, maybe we should test this erectile dysfunction of yours Bender....
  • FallingDonkey, on 11/11/2009, -3/+62I was waiting for Mario to stomp that ***** and kick it's shell across the room while a homeless turtle skittered about wearing boxers. Now that would have been impossible.
  • SNESChalmers, on 11/12/2009, -0/+43Goddammit, I logged in specifically to make the erectile dysfunction joke
  • EVILTHETURTLE, on 11/11/2009, -0/+40***** you.
  • StairwayWit, on 11/11/2009, -7/+42Dear lord... a turtle's ONLY weakness is the fact they can't flip over while on their backs, and yet this one DID.
    People, its only a matter of time before we are bowing down to our new turtle overlords.
  • Joghobs, on 11/12/2009, -1/+33*Giant raptor eats your face*
  • Dylson, on 11/11/2009, -2/+33You win.
  • JDLamb88, on 11/12/2009, -0/+30Wow! I thought they had to be right-side-up to take *****!
  • V1ruk, on 11/11/2009, -1/+29Oh my GOD!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9lc7MFbISM
    Impressed yet?
  • noPCtoday, on 11/12/2009, -0/+27sudtle sir, very sudtle.
  • tnoy, on 11/11/2009, -4/+31The airplane is flying, not the humans sitting in it.
  • theword12, on 11/11/2009, -3/+28Meh. I've already seen a turtle do that on Futurama.
  • dpknc84, on 11/12/2009, -0/+25Anyone else instantly think of Bender?
    http://www.hulu.com/watch/65745/futurama-thrusting ...
  • HesComing, on 11/12/2009, -1/+23All right! Mezz43, you're a great Zombie!
  • jerrdalton, on 11/11/2009, -2/+24I can't believe you're being dugg down for speaking plain truth. I watched this happen a million times when i was a kid. People should get out more.
  • jerrdalton, on 11/11/2009, -0/+19All water turtles can do this...snapping turtles, soft-shell, etc. Their necks are very long and strong so they can reach the surface with their nostrils/mouth in order to breathe and without exposing their body to the surface. This makes them especially capable of doing this with no problem. A snapping turtle can reach almost all the way to the back of their shell by stretching their neck out.

    A couple examples:

    http://www.sydneyolympicpark.com.au/__data/assets/ ...

    http://www.chelydra.org/neck.jpg
  • Brizzyce, on 11/11/2009, -0/+19What??
  • Luvboat, on 11/11/2009, -0/+18Turtle baddassery is actually the reason Digg is still around.
  • freshgrease, on 11/12/2009, -0/+18WOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSHHHHHHH!
  • merreborn, on 11/12/2009, -1/+18Go ninja go ninja go

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFLGRidfFo4
  • DRT23, on 11/12/2009, -1/+18Hahahah
  • ricerER, on 11/11/2009, -2/+19like that one time where the tortoise beat the hare
  • zer0mass, on 11/12/2009, -1/+18I own turtles. It is real. You're a moron.
  • Rizzen, on 11/12/2009, -0/+16All those extra letters and you forget to put two of the only double in there? Nice.
  • eddyb123, on 11/12/2009, -1/+17And it took you more than 7 minutes to do so? You should get your internets checked out
  • jeremymccurdy, on 11/12/2009, -0/+15He also has one hell of a kick by the look of that last shot.
  • RIB08, on 11/12/2009, -0/+15They rememba
  • shauntacular, on 11/11/2009, -4/+19One handed on you bitches!
  • twodollars, on 11/12/2009, -1/+15I was so angry I laughed also.
  • drunkenkite, on 11/12/2009, -0/+14I'll be impressed when he can take off without the assistance of an airplane.
  • poordavey, on 11/12/2009, -0/+13Use the boost to get through!
  • HotLeper, on 11/12/2009, -0/+12Why??
  • RGB0099CC, on 11/12/2009, -0/+12"Soft-shelled turtles, found in Africa, Asia and North America, are very quick both in the water and on land. On level ground, North America's smooth softshell turtle can outrun a human being." (http://www.ehow.com/how_4548527_how-fast-does-turt ...

    Well, I'll be damned. zer0mass.

    and to x2cprincess, go gather your nuts you nagging grasshopper.
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