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Post Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:19 pm   Can turtles eat spicy foods?

This is just a random question because right now I'm getting some Feiry Buffalo Doritos which is one of the hottest chips I ever ate but this question just comes to mind. Can Turtles eat spicy foods like Jalapenos and peppers? I think the turtle can't because peppers became spicy (with evolution) to stop us from eating them.
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Post Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:32 pm   

They probably could. At the very least I'd think they'd take a bite to investigate. I can't imagine it would be any less torcherous than it is for us tho. I'm thinkin they must have taste buds...
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Post Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:36 pm   

I think they got different taste buds then us because we don't think pellets, cuttlebone and live fishes taste good.... at least most of us don't but I don't think turtles like anything that can hurt them while they're eating it.
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Post Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:20 pm   

i ate a pellet myself and its pretty plain
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Post Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:46 pm   

Yeah but turtles like them for a reason though so I don't know. I would love to feed them jalapenos though because I have a lot of them in my house.
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:03 pm   

n00bEmpty wrote:Yeah but turtles like them for a reason though so I don't know. I would love to feed them jalapenos though because I have a lot of them in my house.


id like to know if they can taste spice. i wonder how they would react to it too
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:07 pm   

blackforces get you wrote:
n00bEmpty wrote:Yeah but turtles like them for a reason though so I don't know. I would love to feed them jalapenos though because I have a lot of them in my house.


id like to know if they can taste spice. i wonder how they would react to it too



i like your new avatar ;D

makes me wana dance
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:09 pm   

Sir Max wrote:
blackforces get you wrote:
n00bEmpty wrote:Yeah but turtles like them for a reason though so I don't know. I would love to feed them jalapenos though because I have a lot of them in my house.


id like to know if they can taste spice. i wonder how they would react to it too



i like your new avatar ;D

makes me wana dance


lol thanks. and he's not dancing its his fighting stance lol....he does look like he's dancing though :P
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:11 pm   

blackforces get you wrote:
Sir Max wrote:
blackforces get you wrote:
n00bEmpty wrote:Yeah but turtles like them for a reason though so I don't know. I would love to feed them jalapenos though because I have a lot of them in my house.


id like to know if they can taste spice. i wonder how they would react to it too



i like your new avatar ;D

makes me wana dance


lol thanks. and he's not dancing its his fighting stance lol....he does look like he's dancing though :P



ops..well i wish i could say it makes me want to fight

but i still want to dance..so ima stick with dancing
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:15 pm   

lol find me a partner if you can :D
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:17 pm   

blackforces get you wrote:lol find me a partner if you can :D


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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:18 pm   

hahahaha :D
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:19 pm   

i didnt mean to take control of this thread haha

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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:38 pm   

Eh no prob. So anybody think they can eat spice? It's not in their natural habitat and I don't think they'll get any in their habitat but then again what is natural in a tank.
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:54 pm   

n00bEmpty wrote:Eh no prob. So anybody think they can eat spice? It's not in their natural habitat and I don't think they'll get any in their habitat but then again what is natural in a tank.


in the wild, turtles will probably eat anything just to survive. test it out and see
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