redearslider.com

i recently went to hong kong for vacation and visited buddhist temples and saw many turtles in their man-made ponds. in the chinese culture, turtles are considered longevity animals and often seen at the so-called "peaceful" places. anyway, i recorded a short video clip and thought it was really cool to see a whole bunch of turtles swim all together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0A3snjH8-U

I wish the video was longer lol

yeah~! Hehe.. only 9 seconds?? hehe.. you should take more longer and maybe zoom in one of the turtles

wow the turtle looks cute there, i hope they have a big basking area and happy ending ever.

ninja_turtle wrote: in the chinese culture, turtles are considered longevity animals and often seen at the so-called "peaceful" places.

Too bad they are ALSO seen in the many chinese fish markets

If you go to Chinatown, it's amazing the amount of turtle statues you see. They were selling week old RES yesterday in pairs. I saw two that were healthy, but simply hung somewhere on a street pole with all the noise and people gawking at them. I had it in the back of my mind to buy them, and get them out of that situation, but I didn't do it... I was with our friends and my mother, and after what happened to our turtles a while ago, seeing these little ones made her too upset. (I would have no adequate house for them too) I don't think, with all the stress, that they would have survived the trip home, we were about to spend the entire day roaming around New York, and we wouldn't have gotten home until 10 pm. With any luck, a happy, clueless tourist bought them.

i was really happy to see that those turtles were situated in the man-made ponds at the buddhist temples but also appalled to see them in the fish markets (i agree w/ you, jozzep) b/c in fact, i did see them. there were a bunch of sliders swimming in a tank and another turtle breed (i dont know the name but it has like the soft shell and snout-like mouth) by him/herself, waiting to be cooked. i was just so disgusted and i felt helpless.

ninja_turtle wrote:i was really happy to see that those turtles were situated in the man-made ponds at the buddhist temples but also appalled to see them in the fish markets (i agree w/ you, jozzep) b/c in fact, i did see them. there were a bunch of sliders swimming in a tank and another turtle breed (i dont know the name but it has like the soft shell and snout-like mouth) by him/herself, waiting to be cooked. i was just so disgusted and i felt helpless.

Well, ya know, in some countries people eat different things. A common, over-populated animal like an RES really isn't a big worry if people are eating it. It's when some cultures devour animals which are rare and almost extinct that pisses me off.

I love seeing that many turtles

that was way to cute. I wish the video was longer too