I have finally accepted the reason the turtle is my favorite animal.

[redqueen]

It can hide so easily and so quickly. When someone first posited that this was why I liked that beast so much, I dismissed the idea. Now, today, it rings with truth.

I wrote this in a journal entry today: "what can i do? where can i turn? i don't know, but i can learn... hide, hide, hide!"

After writing that, I realized, they were right on the money. I hope it's not a bad thing... wanting to hide.


So, fellow Lounge Lizards, please tell me... what's your favorite animal, and why?

[Crabby Appleton]

1. turtles

are my favorite animal too; clams can hide fairly well also, but are kind of boring.

[redqueen]

2. and they seem to pee from their mouths

not appealing

[Schema Thing]

16. Much like neo-cons, in that respect

[redqueen]

21. piss, bile, vomitous lies...

potayto, potahto.

[jobycom]

3. Turtles are mine, too, but I think it's that whole "Steady wins the race"

thing.

[redqueen]

5. i never knew turtles were so popular!

i don't quite believe the whole slow and steady thing... at least not yet

[jobycom]

6. Turtles aren't really slow

They can swim fast, and some are fast on land. But they are steady and irrepresible. Watch a turtle trying to climb an obstacle. It will almost never go around. It will try and try until it makes it. And turtles live long, long lives. Some of the larger ones live over a hundred years, some maybe 200. That's a lot of time to be stubborn and steadfast.

Plus, they're bald. Bald is cool!

[redqueen]

7. fuck yeah bald is cool!

*sigh*

[jpgray]

4. Rabbit

Let's race 'em!

:bounce::bounce::bounce:

[redqueen]

10. only if the race is underwater

:P

[jpgray]

13. It's on! I hear rabbits have a lot of talent at submarine races

:shrug:

[kwassa]

8. The turtle

[redqueen]

11. wow!

no wonder i found turtle pajamas so easily... they're so popular!

[kwassa]

29. That is the motto of the University of Maryland Terrapins

NCAA women's basketball champs 2006, NCAA men's champ 2002.

Clearly, the team you should be rooting for.





http://umterps.cstv.com/

[kwassa]

30. dupe

[Deja Q]

9. Yeah, but if you run them over with your car, they'll have nowhere to hide

:(

[redqueen]

17. yes

but that may come as a relief to the turtle, really... we don't know what kind of troubles he's had or what he might be going through... so maybe he's really sitting there waiting for a nice, big truck

[Solon]

32. Box Turtles are surprisingly tough...

Our first Box Turtle was a rescue of sorts, found him on the side of the road upside down, on of the frills on his shell was destroyed, but other than that, he was fine, I think he suffered a "glancing" hit with the tire of a car that knocked him to the side of the road. We nursed him back to health(he was a little underweight), and also sanded down the sharp edges of the broken frill so he didn't cut his neck on it. Then we let him go.

Another time our dog in the backyard was going crazy, tossing what looked like a rock up in the air and catching it, so I went out there and had to wrestle a box turtle out of his mouth. The thing of it is this, the top of the turtles shell has its scales sheared off. We sent her to the vet, and the vet said she was hit with a lawnmower, apparently hid in her shell, and the scales were scraped off by the blade. She was also a little underweight, so a regimen of high fatty meats, especially beef, were in order, soon enough she regained strength, and we debated whether to let her go. Box Turtles rely on the camoflage of their shells as much as the shells themselves for survival, but this one has a big white spot where bone is exposed, which makes her stand out. The Vet said that health wise, it didn't really matter, but survival wise it was a cause for concern. We ultimately had the decision made for us, for during an outing outside, she disappeared, we have no clue where she went, but her camoflage was enough to fool us, even with the exposed bone, so we figured she's fine.

[Taverner]

12. I like turtles simply because its so fun to say their name

Say it "turtle...turtle"

see?

[redqueen]

18. that will always make me think of "Master of Disguise"

"turtle! turtle!"

[Taverner]

22. Unfortunately that was the only good part of that movie

Otherwise, it wasn't even a good kids movie

[Crabby Appleton]

14. One Halloween

many years ago we were supposed to wear a costume to the bar/restaurant where I worked. I dressed as a turtle - made a shell out of fiberglass, got white baggy painters pants and dyed them green and green turtleneck shirt (natch), made some claw-like feet out of sections of plastic buckets, and had my head shaved at the time. I had to throw a drunken guy out of the bar that night and the guy said it was the first time he had been thrown out of a bar by a turtle (and no doubt the last).

[redqueen]

19. any pics? sounds like a great costume!

if i were a guy, i'd shave my head for sure

[uppityperson]

38. I went one time as a house fly

baggy black dress with crotch swen to make into a jumpsuit thing, stuffed with blown up balloons, extra set of legs (coathanger/cloth), antenna and big white hatched eyes on my face. Was bored and came up with it in a few minutes. Made the drunks look twice or 3 times trying to figure out why there was a 5'6" fly in the bar.

[RedCappedBandit]

15. Red Panda!

You tell me why :shrug:

[redqueen]

20. are you cute as heck?

do you have red hair?

i don't know their temperament or behaviors, so... can't really guess very well

:shrug:

[RedCappedBandit]

33. Hmm.. yes..

It must be because i'm cute as heck!!

Haha , just kidding. They sure are cute though.

[scarlet_owl]

23. Ferrets. They never have a bad day.

They make me smile with their antics, and they are oh so cute and snuggly!

BTW-my husband's nickname for me is "Turtle".

[redqueen]

24. they are very cute...

but i'm afraid of them... they look bitey

[tigereye]

25. duck billed platypus

it's so wonderfully odd! :hi:

[redqueen]

27. indeed!

:hi:

[RedStateShame]

26. Turtles, because they make good soup.

Or rabbits, because they taste good fried.

Edited because I forgot the fried rabbit my family served for Easter one year. I wish this were a joke.

[redqueen]

28. !

I didn't mean what's your favorite animal to *eat*...

:scared:

[chaska]

35. Where I come from it's called cooter stew...

Damn good eatin'. As one might expect, with a name like that.

[redqueen]

39. ...

:rofl:

[rug]

31. Three-toed Sloth.

I don't feel like telling you why.

[redqueen]

40. heh

:hi:

[chaska]

34. One ass-kicking turtle for my kickass Queen...

His name is Gamera. He's from the Japanese Godzilla movies. He can fly. I seem to recall that he could take off like a helicopter, withdraw his head, tail and head and start spinning and flames would come out of the holes. How cool is that?

Sounds like you might need a :hug:


This is the updated Gamera. Google his name for lots of cool pics.

[chaska]

36. OOOOH, look what I found...

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=gamera&search_type=search_videos&search=Search

[redqueen]

41. Gamera!

Thank you dear chaska!

And yes, I could really use that ... thanks & back at ya.

:hug:

[Broken_Hero]

37. funny...:)

The turtle is my wife's favorite animal, and collectible. She has tons, and tons of little turtle figurines and stuff like that...we even got a turtle as a pet...little box turtle, she loves it to death

[redqueen]

42. Cool!

I have a few, and some turtle jewelry, and the pajamas, but no pet... yet.

:hi: