Baby albino turtle with birth defect - visible beating heart

May 22, 2019 11:33 PM

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Torty Stark

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

put... put something to cover it. help the little guy out.

7 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Nature you scary

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The Turtles name is Hope and AquaMike23 is his Instagram act... https://instagram.com/aquamike23?igshid=51osgz1ciyu9

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Is it weird that I want to touch it?

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

ET phone home

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Poor little guy.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

If you don't name him Tony Stark, you have failed him.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Mitch McConnell has a heart????

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Wonder how long he can live like that??

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Defect? Don’t you mean mutation? Wait til he’s a teenager. And learns martial arts and eats pizza.

7 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

No thats a prelude to the weak point of the turtle boss

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Bad Luck Brian reincarnated as a turtle?

7 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 2

He's really coming out of his shell

7 years ago | Likes 193 Dislikes 6

I hope hes doing just fine

7 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 1

Gotta gotta be down because he's a turtle

7 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

It started out with a hiss

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Oh god that makes me uncomfortable. I shouldn't he able to see that beating!

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I thought it was a gross eyeball from the thumbnail

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This turtle is named Hope and she’s doing well!

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Put armor on that thing, NOW

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm sad now.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Why be sad? The little beauty despite having a challenge is alive and breathing another day.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I love him and would battle anyone to the death who doesn't.

7 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Where shall we battle?

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

it needs an arc reactor

7 years ago | Likes 95 Dislikes 0

TONY STARK BUILT IT IN AN AQUARIUM!! WITH A BUNCH OF CORAL!!

7 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

I’m not tony stark.

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

7 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

That’s a video game weak spot if I ever saw one. If you poke it, does he explode into coins?

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Only after three times

7 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Flip over the crab onto it's back, and hit it's weak spot for massive damage.

7 years ago | Likes 54 Dislikes 1

THAT’S A LOT OF DAMAGE!

7 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 1

*chainsaw reving noises intensify*

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Idk but I have a sick desire to squish it like the little ball in switch cigarettes

7 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 36

7 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

Seek therapy.

7 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

I have all the therapy, all the time. This is actually what a good day looks like!

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Those are called Intrusive Thoughts.

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Dude I know, therapy. I also don't say them out loud in real life.

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Oh... honey... no... you should talk to someone.

7 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 2

I do and it's expensive

7 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 3

Oh also, it's okay, sometimes you just gotta air out some of those weird bad thoughts. Its what we're here fo.... it's what we're supposed /

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

To be here for anyway...

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Well at least you're talking to someone! Good for you! <3

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Thanks! I've actually been in therapy on and off for nearly two decades, with over 10 different professionals. Medicated to the gills!

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

He should try wearing it on his sleeve instead. I've heard that can be an admirable trait.

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

that will grow together right?

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

He's a pretty good guy.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Did his underbelly develop wrong or simply become transparent? It looks as if the poor guy would die if he walked over a pebble

7 years ago | Likes 65 Dislikes 0

this kind of birth defect can also be found in humans. the heart develops outside of the thoracic cavity.

7 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

Can't super glue that

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

My friend James was born like that. He was (and probably still is) the skinniest dude I've ever known. In high school we called him skeletor

7 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Yeah, I don't know much about the condition, but AFAIK they never really gain much weight.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Looks like a hole in the shell. Honestly it's probably one of those things that can be fixed with some 3d printing and some superglue, and

7 years ago | Likes 62 Dislikes 0

periodic replacements as it grows.

7 years ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 1

I know they can patch holes in the shell that are caused by injury, I imagine making one to patch the defect is possible.

7 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

I did read up on her a while ago, seemed like it was assumed to be to risky. Something about bacteria and so on being trapped.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

More commonly known as a reptile dysfunction.

7 years ago | Likes 1716 Dislikes 17

Except turtles are amphibians not reptiles

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

Nah dawg. They're reptiles.

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7 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

v your gif is really high quality. I’m favoriting. Take this as tribute

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Babyfark deserves credit I think he made it

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You think you're funny, punk?

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

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7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

7 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I laughed. Take you upvote.

7 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 2

don’t call me an upvote , you upvote!

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

BRILLIANT!!!

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Get out

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

98% sure you have seen this elsewhere and stole that comment. Upvoted anyway.

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Oh, yes! Fantastic.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Love it, I exhaled sharply and smiled. +1

7 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

I’ll say it: those 10 people who downvoted are either reptiles or can’t get hard. Comment is funny as fuck!

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

16 downvotes out of 1600 upvotes...the 16 must have been born without a sense of humor....hopefully they are not allowed to drive or vote.

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7 years ago | Likes 68 Dislikes 0

I love this movie!

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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The internet is for puns!

7 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 0

Press the button

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 3

Not all things are meant to survive

7 years ago | Likes 258 Dislikes 41

Agreed. Still, she is not suffering from what I know, and is not being bred. So why not, seems like her human enjoys her company.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

But shouldn't they all get the chance to?

7 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 2

The "meant to" part can lead to much ambiguity.

7 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

Nature is a cruel slut, but we don't have to be. -Temple Grandin (paraphrasing).

7 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Nature isn't cruel. It is just nature. No sentiment, reasoning or emotion. No (rational) decision made, no justification. Just nature.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Well, that category used to include children with deformed limbs and crippling asthma. Now look at us.

7 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 2

Yeah, now look at us.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

How wonderful, then, that we live in a world in which we can care for those who would otherwise struggle and die.

7 years ago | Likes 96 Dislikes 11

I love this. Thank you.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

This is the most wholesome thing I’ve seen all day, thank you ?

7 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 2

And further screw our genetics to the point of detrimental evolution

7 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 21

You’re assuming reproduction and your ignoring possible benefits. For example thank goodness medicine extended Stephen Hawking’s life.

7 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 2

you arent wrong, but "fixing" this problem gets real close to eugenics.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Humans are the only ones that will. Because nature has no such kindness.

7 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 6

Are humans not part of nature? And don't we have evidence of proto-humans caring for those who can't care for themselves?

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And if we are separate from nature: How wonderful, then, that we can choose to be more kind.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

but there is adoption in the wild sometimes, can't rule that out too.

7 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

Yes, but it's quite rare.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

But wonderful when it happens.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

In captivity the rules of survival are decided by human. And this turtle is still alive and well.

7 years ago | Likes 188 Dislikes 8

Yay!!

7 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 1

to pass on defective genes and decrease the survivability of the species. Thank you humans

7 years ago | Likes 38 Dislikes 143

Or... now hear me out.... this "gene" doesnt get passed on

7 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 2

In this case to pass genes to other captive species which will never reach nature thus never ruining the gene pool. What's your point.

7 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 2

They got really butthurt, sorry man.

7 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 16

looks like it

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 14

Luckily you won’t in any way be affected by this turtle’s limited offspring if it isn’t actually sterile.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This makes no sense.

7 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 6

Except it's alive, so clearly its survivability is just fine. I don't think you grasp the basic concept of evolution or survival.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not every defect has to be genetic. There are other factors at play.

7 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Never said they gonna let it fuck...

7 years ago | Likes 163 Dislikes 4

Then is he really living?

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

I'm not usually the type to laugh at stuff like this, but given the nature of your comment I feel I should mention that my upvote was 69th.

7 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Fuck yeah, dawg. +1

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Survivability isn't really needed in human care.

7 years ago | Likes 40 Dislikes 1

Inherent survivability is strongly tied to quality of life even in captivity.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

Causation not correlation.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

That’s how we ended up with a good chunk of our dog breeds lol.

7 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Pretty much all of our pets. Besides most cats.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If the humans don't survive then the toy poodles are fucked.

7 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

If you managed to kill homo sapiens there are going to be more dead species than our domesticated ones.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They exist for our amusement, so that follows.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0