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October 1, 2005

The Turtle With Two Heads

More lucky than a four-leaf clover? Hell, ya! This story reminded me of one of my favorite Aquabats songs... The Cat With Two Heads.

Science brings gifts of convenience
To the modern man
Modern man then continues
Continues to expand
But what happens when man
Creates something oh so wrong
Nature bites back in a big way
Good heavens what have I done!

I was in my laboratory creating
what i thought would be
something great for the world,
a two headed cat
you can pet one kitty's head
and pet the other kitty's head,
but little did i know the power
of atomic energy would create
a twoheaded man eating monster!

I kept it in a box
I watched it grow a lot
It chewed right through the lock
And ate all the new kids on the block.

--- The Aquabats

More at: The Aquabats Website

Ok, so the turtle wasn't a giant man-eating monster. It's just a little guy, really little. The turtle is now living at the National Aquarium of Cuba.

A policeman has made an unusual discovery near a river in Cuba - a turtle with two heads.

The tiny turtle is thought to be around a week old and was found near one of the country's most contaminated rivers.

More at: CBBC Newsround | Animals | Two-headed turtle found in Cuba

I've always wanted a pet turtle to live in my backyard pond. I envision growing a little garden of veggies for it to munch away in, but around here we have too many cats around here... one-headed ones that is...

Note: The picture above is not of the actual turtle. Click the CBBC link to see the real turtle. I was just screwing around in photoshop making myself a new desktop background.

Posted by sorsha at October 1, 2005 2:29 PM