#shellebrate the turtle

[hummerhouse]

Sending this back around again!

Happy World Turtle Day!

[montereybayaquarium]

Ever wonder where our green sea turtles go when they’re not in the Open Sea exhibit? 🐢❓🤔

Join Aquarium Biologist Kayla as she takes you behind the scenes of our largest exhibit.

Learn about target training, what goes into a sea turtle's salad, and the benefit of back scratches in this turtley awesome video about our two green sea turtles, 49 and 59.

Learn more about green sea turtles

[floridaboiler]

[rabbitcruiser]

World Turtle Day

World Turtle Day is celebrated on May 23 of every year. The World Turtle Day promoted yearly since 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue which is to bring attention to increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, that inspire human action to help them survive and succeed.World Turtle Day is celebrated around the spheroid in a variation of ways, from dressing up as turtles also by wearing green summer dresses to saving turtles caught on roadways, to research projects. Turtle Day lesson plans and craft designs promote teaching about turtles in classrooms. World Turtle Day is also to celebrate the great reptiles with their place in the world, and this encourages people to take action to protect them, both the common pet turtle and the ever jeopardized sea turtle.

“World Turtle Day is an annual opportunity to reflect on the myriad of threats facing turtles and tortoises and what we can do to protect them.”

History of World Turtle Day

World Turtle Day was created by American Tortoise Rescue in 1990. The term “WORLD TURTLE DAY” is branded by Susan Tellem of Malibu, California American Tortoise Rescue is certified by state and federal companies as a nonprofit corporation to provide for the protection of all species of tortoise and turtle. Orphans that cannot affirm because of ill health remain in the care of American Tortoise Rescue for the balance of their lives. Chase’s Book of Annual Events, the day was created as an annual observance to help people to protect turtles and tortoises and to disappear their habitats globally. Susan Tellem and Marshall Thompson are the founders of the rescue American Tortoise Rescue defend the humane treatment of all animals, containing reptiles. Since 1990, ATR has placed about 3,000 tortoises and turtles in caring homes and also assist law enforcement when undersize and compromised turtles are impounded and provides helpful information which has referrals to persons with sick and abandoned turtles.

In 2013, For over 5,500 students, 160 free Turtle Day Lesson planned and teaching materials were sent out to classrooms. Lesson plans were provided by the Turtle and Tortoise Preservation Group, an organization that is open to all people interested in the welfare of chelonians.

How to Celebrate World Turtle Day

Celebrate the World Turtle Day around the spheroid in a contrast of ways, from dressing up as turtles by wearing green summer dresses to rescuing turtles caught on roadways, to research projects. They’re the astonishing creature, with positive grades making great pets and helping to preserve the eco-system in the waters they live in. Also if we live where snapping turtles haunt the waters, it’s probably a good idea that people know how to withdraw them and where to find them.

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[thewhimsyturtle]

Happy Hatchday to the one and only Waffles S. Tortoise @wafflesworld!  Waffles is 10 years old today!!  Double digits may seem old, but watch out, Waffles is only just getting started STOMPing to greatness!  🎉🎂🥳1️⃣0️⃣🌟🐢🎊

[sandstep]

Some AI turtles to shellebrate World Turtle Day

[desceros]

me: [looks at calendar, gets a wicked idea, looks into the camera] happy springtime, turtle fam! who's ready to celebrate the season?

...mating season, that is. hehe. [dodges the tomatoes]

so! i had the idea that it would be super fun to have a community-wide event where we all have a prompt and then everyone fills it in their own way.

...i then decided all the prompts i came up with were too good not to use, but also none of them were Good Enough to use exclusively, so i changed my mind and the prompt is now just MATING SEASON. with a few suggestions at the bottom of this post if you're looking for some.

since spring is coming upon us, i hereby invite everyone to join in the vernal festivities... which in turtle parlance, of course, means only one thing: write, draw, whatever your version of "mating season", then join me on march 1 to post it with the tag #TMNTSpringShellebration. we then shall browse the fine selection of our mutual artistic efforts, and basically just have a good time as a community.

here are the prompts i came up with as starters-slash-things-to-include if you're looking for a place to get started. feel free to use these at will, or use them to come up with something of your own:

“Please don’t make me explain this. It’s humiliating as is.”

Oops, Looks Like Mating Season Came A Week Early This Year

“…In all of my mating seasons, this has never happened before.”

“I told you not to come by! It’s mating season!”

Probably should have expected it to be different now that he’s not going through it alone.

Because of Shenanigans, you have to wait. Wait… Wait… ok now.

They’re not the right person for mating season… but they’re the one who’s here, so…

“Show me where it hurts."

so yeah! see you all on march 1 for the, uh, spring shellebration. party popper emoji

questions i imagine will be popping up and i hope will clear up here before my askbox swells beyond capacity under the cut to keep this post from being Way Too Long. also it's really not that serious it's just an excuse to write slash draw for everyone Please Don't Take This Thing Too Seriously It's Not That Serious:

"can i participate?" yes! it's literally just an invitation to do something. nothing fancier than that. no need to be following me or in my friend group or whatever.

"can i write (insert fic idea here)?" yep! so long as it's related to the idea of mating seasons, it flies. reader insert? hell yea. oc? hell yeah. solo turtle and his favorite pillow? go for it.

"can i draw (insert art idea here)?" yep! uh. i know tumblr has the cops watching for sin bin material, but you art people know how to deal with that. and if you don't, uh, ask the other art people. im just a feral cat in a trench coat

"how do i participate?" write/draw/collect songs for/whatever. then, on march 1, post it and tag it #TMNTSpringShellebration. also, for funsies, keep it hush hush what you're working on so we can all be super shocked when the day comes! except, y'know, that you're planning on joining in. totally do that.

"when do i post it?" march 1. whenever on that day. waves hands around in a vague gesture at time zones not mattering. seriously don't take this so seriously it's just me wanting to create cool shit with my friends with a little more structure to it

"does it have to be horny?" i mean. it's an event about mating season. so by definition it's going to be at least a little horny. but however you interpret it is cool. even if it's just. idk. leo sitting sweatily in a chair looking longingly at a glass of water bc he's thirstier than usual. be smart about things, people. i'm not your dad.

"which tmnt verse is this for?" whichever one you want it to be for!! rise! bayverse! 2007! your fan iteration! your friend's fan iteration! your mortal enemy's fan iteration! yes!

"will you be reblogging everything?" absolutely not, but this isn't an event About Me. i am incidental to the thing. it's about Us. coming together as a community. for horny turtles. puts my hands on your shoulders. do it for you. for your friends. for the community.

[tort-time]

When you’re just out strolling for noms but the paparazzi finds you… shellebrity life is so hard.

[yorshie]

TMNTSPRINGSHELLEBRATION

Hey everyone! This is my turtle filth for @desceros TMNT Shellebration event! Only Two days late to the party! New record for me lol

It's gonna live on AO3, but it's Raph/Winnie, Rated E because it is Filthy - you have been warned

Nearly Everyone Gets Twitterpaited in the Springtime

[ineffable-gallimaufry]

turts time

what does a turtle do on its birthday?

it has a shellebration!

[thekaiqueen]

Cyno, internally: Wait, is Tighnari into me? Quick, make a bad joke and see if he laughs.

Cyno: What do you call a famous turtle? A shellebrity.

Tighnari: *laughs* That’s really funny.

Cyno, internally: Well, that’s not a fair test. That joke’s hilarious.

[incorrect-anything-quotes]

Mike, internally: Wait, is she into me? Quick, make a bad joke and see if she laughs!

Mike: Hey Celia, what do you call a famous turtle? A shellebrity.

Celia: (laughs) That's a good one!

Mike, internally: Well that's not a fair test. That joke's hilarious.

[montereybayaquarium]

These Western pond turtles want you to shellebrate yourself this week, because you’re turtlely awesome! 💚🐢💚

📷 Thank you to staff member Kayla for melting our hearts with this photo!

[floridaboiler]

[incorrectlegoes]

Jay, internally: Wait, is he into me?

Jay, internally: Quick, make a bad joke and see if he laughs.

Jay: What do you call a famous turtle?

Jay: A shellebrity.

Corrin, laughing: That’s really funny.

Jay, internally: Well, that’s not a fair test.

Jay, internally: That joke’s hilarious.

[spadecentral]

What do you call a famous turtle

A shellebrity!

NOT THE SHELLEBRITY