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 Posted 3/16/2008 8:55:53 AM |
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| I'd never even heard of this thing before I got to actually handle this rarity in central Florida. It's in a privately owned collection, but not from the United States. Anyone familiar? I'll bet they'd be popular if it was possible to get them as pets. 
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Bill Love BLUE CHAMELEON VENTURES Southwest Florida, U.S.A.
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| Posted 3/16/2008 10:53:58 AM |
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Wow...not much of a turtle enthusiast, but that thing looks pretty wicked. Just the way it's colored and such, it doesn't even look real, more of a plastic toy or something. Very very cool critter.
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| Posted 3/17/2008 1:37:23 PM |
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| Almost looks fake, like a model ? What ? ! ? ! ? Can't you see it kicking and thrashing in this better view? It even tried to bite my finger.... 
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Bill Love BLUE CHAMELEON VENTURES Southwest Florida, U.S.A.
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| Posted 3/17/2008 3:58:14 PM |
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Is this a joke? Has the photo been cropped or anything trying to play a joke? I have never heard of or seen such a thing. I've looked all over the net and can't find anything. If it's real OMG WOW!!!
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| Posted 3/17/2008 5:27:06 PM |
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Wow! Is that real?!?! If it is it may be a new species. Hope you don't mind me saying, but it's face kinda looks like Beyonce.
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| Posted 3/19/2008 9:52:41 AM |
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Do you think it could be a new species? Or is this like a quiz kinda thing?
Bearded Dragon-SpykesFire Bellied Toad-Lilly+Marshal Emperor Scorpion-Little N 
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| Posted 3/19/2008 3:51:24 PM |
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Mr. Love that is the most spectacular turtle I have ever seen. I own a pair of triporcatus and 16 inch MataMata's and I have seen Giant Asian softshells and pignosed turtles before but this thing takes the cake! From the looks of it they must be from the indo pacific region but thats an easy guess. There cant be too many larger predators with those bright colors. I really wonder what those spikey prongs evolved for. Must be either something that Darwin was talking about or something that just survived through the efforts of that captive breeder. Bravo!
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| Posted 3/20/2008 10:42:48 AM |
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| No one has identified this oddity yet??? Here's a clue -- its Latin name is.... Sinemys gamera
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| Posted 3/20/2008 12:11:10 PM |
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| Hmmm....upon further investigation, I see that one of the photos Bill posted is reversed, because the markings on some of the scutes aren't matching up. After doing some searches for the Latin name Bill gave us, all I'm getting is a bunch of sites in Japanese, and more frequently, sites about prehistoric turtles....which means my original observations may be true, that Bill Love is, in fact, holding a plastic replica of the extinct species Sinemys gamera.
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Current Collection:
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1.0 Dumerils boa
1.4 dotted house snakes
0.0.1 cape house snake
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| Posted 3/20/2008 12:39:38 PM |
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If it is a model it is the most life like model I have ever seen, and if it is a real turtle then it is the most animated turtle I have ever seen. The only info I could find was fossil findings which makes me think it is a model but if you look at the pics you can notice that all the apendages are in different positions between the two photos, not just reversed but in different positions. You can also see white ring around the point of contact of the rear foot and Mr Love's hand which indicates pressure is being applied. Both of those things can be manipulated and I have seen the crazy Easter Corn so I wouldn't put it past Mr. Love to come up with something like that. When it comes down to it I am stumped!
But boy I hope it is real!
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