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Turtle love!

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Cute!! I love turtles too! We programmed laney's my pal violet to say "turtles are my favorite animal" so cute!!

[silverjm]

Yay for tiny turtles! We had a series of pet baby turtles as kids and they were all named Tiny. I almost got a turtle tattoo in college but I chickened out.

[muppetinma]

Can I share nerdy turtle love too? I spent a month in 2009 in Costa Rica working with sea turtles - tagging, building hatcheries, etc.

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Awwww! Great ppost for first thing in the morning!

[monkeybabe]

Oh my goodness, yay! How cute!

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That is awesome, Muppet!

[creamsiclechica]

Muppet, that rules, I remember that picture you posted from Costa Rica. I LOVE it there.

Can I tell you guys a funny Costa Rica turtle story? We went there for a friend's wedding, and it was like an all inclusive resort place on the beach. Well the night after the wedding, DH and I went down to the beach late at night, and walked further down so nobody could see us so we could try to be romantical. So we're standing there kissing, and I hear something move in the sand and I look about 30 feet away and I think there's a person passed out on the beach. So I get nervous, especially since DH had basically lifted up my whole dress, and I'm thinking this perv just saw my creamsicle. I tell DH we've got to leave, and we hear the sound again, and it sounds and looks like this person is flailing their arms, so I start to get concerned it's someone drunk or in distress and we need to help. So we creep up close, and I realize THIS IS NOT A PERSON, but WTF is it?! It was the biggest fucking turtle in the goddamn world and it starts flinging sand at us. I was so startled I did a silent scream and literally tried to climb up DH. He wanted to get real close and try to touch it, but I was afraid it wouldn't go back to the water if we did (I'm a complete idiot). It obviously didn't like us and was trying to move, but it was going so slow and in the biggest circle ever. I felt bad and forced DH to leave it alone and go back to the resort because I felt awful for scaring it.

Needless to say, no sex on the beach that vacation, lol.

[muppetinma]

Jan 12, 2013 15:43:15 GMT -5 creamsiclechica said:

Muppet, that rules, I remember that picture you posted from Costa Rica. I LOVE it there.

Can I tell you guys a funny Costa Rica turtle story? We went there for a friend's wedding, and it was like an all inclusive resort place on the beach. Well the night after the wedding, DH and I went down to the beach late at night, and walked further down so nobody could see us so we could try to be romantical. So we're standing there kissing, and I hear something move in the sand and I look about 30 feet away and I think there's a person passed out on the beach. So I get nervous, especially since DH had basically lifted up my whole dress, and I'm thinking this perv just saw my creamsicle. I tell DH we've got to leave, and we hear the sound again, and it sounds and looks like this person is flailing their arms, so I start to get concerned it's someone drunk or in distress and we need to help. So we creep up close, and I realize THIS IS NOT A PERSON, but WTF is it?! It was the biggest fucking turtle in the goddamn world and it starts flinging sand at us. I was so startled I did a silent scream and literally tried to climb up DH. He wanted to get real close and try to touch it, but I was afraid it wouldn't go back to the water if we did (I'm a complete idiot). It obviously didn't like us and was trying to move, but it was going so slow and in the biggest circle ever. I felt bad and forced DH to leave it alone and go back to the resort because I felt awful for scaring it.

Needless to say, no sex on the beach that vacation, lol.

When you say the biggest fucking turtle ever, how big are you talking? Costa Rica has leatherbacks, which can be over 7' long from front to back. They are endangered and fucking huge and kind of amazing.

[creamsiclechica]

Jan 12, 2013 15:56:06 GMT -5 muppetinma said:

Jan 12, 2013 15:43:15 GMT -5 creamsiclechica said:

Muppet, that rules, I remember that picture you posted from Costa Rica. I LOVE it there.

Can I tell you guys a funny Costa Rica turtle story? We went there for a friend's wedding, and it was like an all inclusive resort place on the beach. Well the night after the wedding, DH and I went down to the beach late at night, and walked further down so nobody could see us so we could try to be romantical. So we're standing there kissing, and I hear something move in the sand and I look about 30 feet away and I think there's a person passed out on the beach. So I get nervous, especially since DH had basically lifted up my whole dress, and I'm thinking this perv just saw my creamsicle. I tell DH we've got to leave, and we hear the sound again, and it sounds and looks like this person is flailing their arms, so I start to get concerned it's someone drunk or in distress and we need to help. So we creep up close, and I realize THIS IS NOT A PERSON, but WTF is it?! It was the biggest fucking turtle in the goddamn world and it starts flinging sand at us. I was so startled I did a silent scream and literally tried to climb up DH. He wanted to get real close and try to touch it, but I was afraid it wouldn't go back to the water if we did (I'm a complete idiot). It obviously didn't like us and was trying to move, but it was going so slow and in the biggest circle ever. I felt bad and forced DH to leave it alone and go back to the resort because I felt awful for scaring it.

Needless to say, no sex on the beach that vacation, lol.

When you say the biggest fucking turtle ever, how big are you talking? Costa Rica has leatherbacks, which can be over 7' long from front to back. They are endangered and fucking huge and kind of amazing.

OMG that had to be it then. Because this thing was bigger than me if I laid down. That's why I was so scared at first, because of it's sheer SIZE. We didn't have a camera with us, and although DH wanted to run back and get one to take a picture, I didn't want to because I thought we had disturbed it more than enough.