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Tortoise kills and eats baby bird in ‘horrifying’ attack caught on videoResearchers have captured the first known footage of a wild tortoise preying upon another animal.TrendingAug 24, 2021
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Tortoise at New Brunswick zoo regains mobility with help of makeshift wheelchairStaff at the Magnetic Hill Zoo have built a wheelchair for a tortoise with limited mobility.CanadaMay 25, 2021
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Car passenger shelled by flying turtle in Mario Kart-like mishapA 71-year-old woman in Florida was struck in the head by an airborne turtle on the highway, police said.TrendingApr 22, 2021
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Endangered turtles are getting struck and killed by cars, says conservation groupThe Nature Conservancy of Canada is asking motorists to watch out for turtles trying to cross the road this summer as many are being struck and killed.EnvironmentJul 31, 2020
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‘Angry’ tortoise blamed for Christmas house fireThe fire reportedly started after the 45-year-old tortoise knocked over a heat lamp which then set fire to its bedding.TrendingDec 29, 2019
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Turtle found dead after eating more than 100 pieces of plasticAn estimated 5.25 trillion pieces of macro and microplastics, weighing 269,000 tons, are in the oceans right now.TrendingOct 4, 2019
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Climate change, human activities take toll on spiny softshell turtles: UTRCA researchersResearchers' efforts are protecting the endangered specie, but climate change and human activity are still affecting its population.CanadaAug 21, 2019
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Regina toddler hoping to find his missing stuffed turtleA Regina toddler named Archer is hoping someone in Regina knows where his stuffed turtle is after he lost it at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum on Tuesday.CanadaAug 1, 2019
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West Kelowna veterinarian saves turtle with fish hook stuck in throatDr. Moshe Oz performed surgery and saved the animal.CanadaJul 15, 2019
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Record number of injured turtles at Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre"On a busy day we see upwards of 40 to 50. We have never had a year where we have taken in that many turtles."EnvironmentJul 4, 2019
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