Is this photoshopped?

[cynatnite]

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This is making the rounds on FB. I don't know much about photoshop or how to tell if a pic has been altered. I'd say that this is an example. Anyone else?

Here is where it seems to have originated.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=477507815653063&set=a.106285329441982.9223.106279316109250&type=1

[Autumn]

1. Poor turtle, they made a crop circle on it

That's just mean. Fucking aliens.

[Hoyt]

2. Been awhile since I was fascinated by turtles, but looks authentic to me.

Very interesting turtle with some magnificent markings. Good luck turtle.

[Comrade Grumpy]

3. God is a turtle? Just like when I took acid listening to Terrapin Station.

[SidDithers]

4. GOO?...

Sid

[immoderate]

5. And all the way down...

--imm

[pinboy3niner]

6. I see Jesus on top, so it must be real

Those who scoff at Turtle Jesus can only be heathens and pagans.

[baldguy]

7. Why would God need to label his stuff with His name?

Does God's mom think He's going to lose it? Does God get bullied by the other deities at God Camp?

[Poll_Blind]

11. Afraid if he doesn't Monsanto might sue him, maybe? nt

PB

[lunasun]

8. The comments at that link

I have a used tortilla and piece of pizza I could sell them..........

[maynard]

9. Middle of his shell

Wasn't sure of what you were looking at until I looked at Facebook. I was more worried about that growth on the middle of the shell. That growth does not look good. I vote for photo shop.

[Apophis]

10. The people commenting on that picture are certified nut cases.

[Warren DeMontague]

12. Final, definitive, incontrivertible proof of the existence

of the Grateful Dead.

[cynatnite]

14. Actually, I thought the name of the turtle was "god". n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

15. Poppycock! Balderdash! Pernicious Nonsense.

Anyone can see it says "GD"

[Behind the Aegis]

13. In one of the Native North American nations, there is a god that is a turtle.

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I can't remember which mythology it is. I guess He has to advertise now. That's cool.

ETA:

North America [edit]

The World Turtle carries the Earth upon its back in myths from North America. In Cheyenne tradition, the great creator spirit Maheo kneads some mud he takes from a coot's beak until it expands so much that only Old Grandmother Turtle can support it on her back. In Mohawk tradition, the trembling or shaking of the Earth is thought of as a sign that the World Turtle is stretching beneath the great weight that she carries.[5]

Indians of North America used combs made of tortoise shell to signify the margin between life and death. According to their beliefs, the cosmic tree emerges from the spine of the tortoise.[7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_turtles#North_America

[Demonaut]

16. now find me one that says "Yaweh"

[BainsBane]

17. probably just random markings

that happen to look like letters. I suppose it could be photoshopped or otherwise altered.

[Ms. Toad]

18. I don't know whether it WAS photoshopped or not -

But I can confirm that it would be relatively easy for someone with halfway decent DRA skills to have taken generic markings from other parts of the shell and altered them to spell GOD.

[Duer 157099]

19. That turtle has God for a shield

it's very biblical after all.

[Z_I_Peevey]

20. Obviously this turtle is a pathological narcissist

And most likely the leader of a very slow-moving cult.