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If you’re thinking about owning a pet but don’t feel like getting a dog or a cat, some people might say that one of the best options is getting a turtle.
While it may seem like an unusual choice, turtles can make great pets—they live longer and don’t require as much energy as, say, dogs. Plus, they have a charm all their own, which has even led to the rise of turtle memes online.
People love sharing their adorable pet turtles; some of the funniest moments are captured in these memes that highlight how amazing these creatures are. Which one of these turtles is your favorite? Don’t forget to share your thoughts in the comments below!
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#1
Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin’s 16-Year-Old Son Robert Shared An Adorable Selfie With A Tortoise Named Igloo
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#2
The Face Of A 100 Year Old Turtle
Very often we might hear two names that refer to turtles. These are turtle and tortoise. What is the difference between these two creatures? The main difference is that turtles mainly live in water and only appear on land occasionally, while tortoises live only on land. They also differ in their appearance: while turtles are flat and light, tortoises are found to be thicker and heavier. It is known that turtles live from 20 to 40 years while tortoises live longer: from 60 to 80 years.
#3
They Are Often Seen Following Each Other Around, Sharing Meals And Resting Together. We Hope This Unusual Friendship Continues To Flourish
#4
I Crocheted Our Tortoise A Tank Sweater. She Is Now Frank The Tank
#5
My Grandfather Built A Floating Dock For Turtles In The Lake By Their House, And The Turtles Love It
It might seem that turtles are easier to take care of than other pets that need to be watched all the time, taken outside at least twice a day, and in need of special foods or vitamins. These creatures also require special care. One of the main reasons why it is important to think before getting a turtle as a pet is that it carries salmonella bacteria that can be transmitted to people.
#6
Volunteers Form A Human Wall To Guide Baby Turtles To The Sea
On the first day of July at 4pm, just 52 days after laying, 112 loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings began to climb to the top of their nest in the sand. STCB had Beachkeepers watching closely, as this nest is at risk from the airport lights which can disorientate hatchlings.
When several mini heads appeared above the sand STCB shaded the nest to prevent the hatchlings dehydrating in the hot sand. We then waited until the sun was going down and hatching took place. Here are the images from hatching. Thank you to all the volunteers who formed a human wall to allow the small loggerheads to make their way to the sea in safety.
#7
Baby Snapping Turtles Look Just Like Little Dinosaurs
#8
Baby Turtle Thinks It's Skydiving
For turtles to grow and be happy with the place they are in, they need the right lighting and temperature, as well as filtered water. Having in mind how long turtles live, people should really think before getting one. And even if the responsibility does not scare you, it is recommended to get a turtle from an animal shelter.
#9
Jennifer Slopez Is Forever Determined To Go Downstairs. Had To Put These Gates For Safety. She Does Not Respond To Verbal Commands Like: Turtle! No
#10
Tortoises Are Good Cuddle Partners Aswell
#11
Baby Tortoises Are God-Like On The Cuteness Scale!!!
Sometimes people come to the realization that they won’t be able to take care of their pet and the best way to act in this case is to contact an animal shelter or animal rescue group. It is forbidden to let them loose thinking that they will be able to take care of themselves back in the wild. This is not allowed as turtles carry diseases and can affect other turtles. Also, very often, letting a turtle out into the wild means that they are not going to make it on their own.
#12
This Turtle Who Loves Getting His Little Tummy Brushed
#13
This Fellow Came To Me On The Beach Today
#14
What Do These Two Do On Another Cold Day? Snuggle Under The Heat Lamp Of Course
#15
In Creed 2 With My Original Buddies From The First Rocky ... Cuff And Link , Now About 46 Years Old
#17
I Found My Tortoise Like This. Putting The Clues Together, It Seems He Pooped, Got It Stuck On His Foot, Ran In Circles Trying To Get It Off, And Flipped Over
#18
Welcome To The World Baby Razorback
#19
Happiness Is A Turtle Eating A Slice Of Orange
#20
Fernandina Tortoise, Are Extinct Since 1906, Discovered In An Expedition. She Was Hiding In The Brush Of A Volcano, And Identified By The Look Of Her Shell And Face
#21
That Wasn't Expected
#22
Guy In Tokyo Taking His Pet Tortoise For A Walk
#23
Neighbor's Tortoise Escaped And Walked Almost A Street Away. At Around 250 Pounds, This Was Their Solution To Get Her Home
#25
Well This Is A First. Couldn’t Find Our Little Man Anywhere, Then We Saw Ralph Basking With Our Two Tortoises
#26
We Were Able To Release 170 Hatchlings Today In One Of Our Locations
It is always a calming and satisfying feeling releasing the hatchlings back to where they eggs were laid. All that hard work in the beating sun, watching the females trek through the summer heat, flies, dangerous traffic, predators, and human encroachment... all for the sake of these hatchlings to make it back to the water.
#27
Not Sure If You Think Turtles Are Cute But Squirtle Wanted To Say Hi
#28
Dad: If We Get A Tortoise I'm Not Looking After It. Also Dad: Get Comfy, Hector, And Let Me Show You Pictures Of Your Brethren
#29
Franklin Met A New Friend Today
#30
Ever Seen A Bucket Of Baby Sea Turtles? Got To Release Them Last Night Into The Ocean
Abigail Suarez 3 years ago
The turtle in the first picture looks like they're gonna karate chop you
#31
He Do Be Gamin Doe
#32
Extremely Rare Albino Turtle Was Found In India And It Looks Like A Slice Of Melted Cheese
#33
My Tortoise Going On His Daily Prowl
#34
Turtle On Top A Dog's Head
#35
Olive The Turtle
Rest In Peace My Loving Turtle. After 15 Years Of Loving You, Saving You From The Street, Old Age Took Hold. Goodbye, Olive.
#36
I'm Training My 30+ Yrs Old Turtle To Be My Flower Girl At The Wedding. This Will Not End Well
#37
A Baby Turtle Tucked Away In Its Shell
#38
The Happiest Turtle Ever
#39
Someone Has To Protecc Turtles
#40
My Dad Keeps Turtles. I Started The Training. Soon I'll Have My Own Personal Bodyguards
#41
Watching My Girlfriend's Tortoise While She's On Vacation. She Told Me To Keep Him Out Of Trouble
#42
My Tortoise Likes To Spread His Legs While Eating
#43
Bonnie And Clyde Are Two Very Different Turtles In The Morning
#44
Gorgeous Baby Turtle With Bright Orange Tummy And Shell
#45
Gotta Warm Up That Bum, Honestly Could She Get Any Cuter??
#46
Took My Tortoise On A Bike Ride Today And Blew His Tiny Little Mind
Melinda Jordan 3 years ago
He thinks that he is zooming incredibly fast. Even if you are going slow.:)
#47
This Baby Turtle Floating Around On A Slice Of Bread
#48
My Local Hardware Store Has A Pet Turtle That Wanders The Store Early In The Am
#49
My Tortoise Trying To Eat A Bolt
#51
Turtles Can Be Cute, Too
#52
My Uncle's 56 Year Old Tortoise He Inherited From My Grandparents
#53
Super Funny Turtle
#54
Stormageddon: Dark Lord Of All, The African Side-Neck Turtle
This is Stormageddon: Dark Lord of All. She’s an African Side-neck Turtle! I rescued her about 16 months ago from really bad living conditions. She was two years old when I got her, and she didn’t know how to swim, didn’t know how to use her swim bladder, didn’t have an appetite for close to 3 months! We had a few trips to the vet, a near drowning that left me sleeping by her tank the whole night to keep an eye on her till morning, different vitamin injections, and a good ol dose of extra warm water in her tank ❤️ And about 4 months after adopting her, she’s ravenous when she eats, she swims like a champ (although the guppies in her tank still regularly out swim her), she’s SO energetic and playful in the water. She doesn’t like being outside of the water and is very nervous outside of it (which is one of the nuts things because where she was living for 2 years before me was in 2 inches of dirty water in a 10 gal tank 😬). Her previous owners claimed she just didn’t like swimming that much! She’s definitely a water baby. Anyway, I’m so extremely proud of her and how far she’s come, and she’s so sweet and so beautiful I really just wanted to share a little bit about her and show everyone this picture that I hope puts a smile on your faces! ENJOY! 🐢
#55
Turtles Have Exceptional Color Vision. They See More Shades Of Red, Which Might Be Why This One’s Mistaking A Blue Jean For A Blueberry
#57
Pup Just Met His First Box Turtle, That’s Adorable
#58
This Is Fred. Fred Is 21 Years Old And Lives At Petland In Orlando Florida
#59
My 1 Day Old Tortoise Caught Mid-Yawn
#60
My 8 Year Old Tortoise Just Woke Up From Hibernation. First Meal Of 2019
#61
Artist Crochets Adorable Tortoise Cozies
#62
Franklin Wants To Know If This Is Going To Be A Regular Thing. Noodle Says Probably
Thefishtankguy 3 years ago
Noodle is cute, and so is Franklin, and is Franklin named after that show, Franklin the Tortoise
#63
The Size Difference Between A Full Grown And A Newborn Galapagos Tortoise
#64
Tucker The Turtle Eating A Juicy Strawberry Turtles May Not Be A Cat Or Dog But He Is Amazing And Cute To Me
#65
Boys Can Rock A Flower Crown On The Beach Too
#66
This Tiny Fellow Is The First Offspring For Some Critically Endangered Spider Tortoises From Madagascar. His Genetics Are Important, And He Is So Cute!
#67
I Got A Baby Sulcata Tortoise Today
#68
Have You Got Any Games On Your Phone?
#69
I Hope I’m Not The Only One Who Finds This Little Snapping Turtle We Found In Our Neighbours Garden Today Cute As All Hell?
#70
Me When I'm In Exams Period
#71
My Turtle Doin My Taxes For Me
#72
My Baby Turtle, Opie
#73
Cute Leopard Tortoise
#74
My Grandma Didn’t Want Me To Get A Tortoise. I Come Home And My Tortise Is Wearing A Watermelon Sweater
#75
This Is My Turtle, Aura. Besides All Looks, She Is Not A Hatchling, I’ve Had Her For 2 Years
#76
Today I Released Baby Sea Turtles On Sumba Island. Thought This Pic Was Epic
#77
Baby Turtle Hiding Behind Val
#78
What An African Helmeted Turtle Looks Like
#80
Diamond Back Terrapin Baby Turtle
#81
Stumbled Across This Little Guy Walking Across My Lawn
#83
I Get To Work With Some Pretty Cute Box Turtles
#84
This Teeny Tiny Baby Turtle
#85
Move Over Baby Yoda... Pink Turtle Has Arrived
#86
This Is My Turtle. Thought I’d Show You Guys This Cute Picture
#88
I Made A Turtle Stack While She Was Out For A Walk
#89
Food Service Has Been Good Lately! Keep It Up My Servant Lady!
#90
I Just Learned That A Group Of Turtles Can Be Referred To As A Bale... So Here's A Bale Of Baby Albino Turtles
#92
My Cute Red-Footed Tortoise Dixie Acting Like Bulbasaur
#94
Meet My Friends Turtle, Squirt
#95
Found A Baby Snapping Turtle At The Park Today
#96
Found A Picture Of My Old Turtle... Forgot How Cute He Was
#97
Yes, I Still Sleep With My Teddy Bear. Don’t Judge Me
#98
Family Of Tortoises Enjoying Breakfast
#99
Researchers Estimate One In Every 100,000 Turtle Hatchlings Is Albino. Here You Have Two Siblings
#100
I Work At A Zoo, And Today A 500lb Tortoise Tried To Escape
#103
Pocket Turtle
#104
I Watched An Eastern Painted Turtle Dig A Nest And Lay 5 Eggs By My Apartment
Marilyn leger 3 years ago
Wow! That is not something you see every day — maybe not even more than once in a lifetime
#105
I Found A Tiny Baby Turtle Today. Best Day Ever
#106
Chin Scritches Please
#107
Meet Jonathan. The 187-Year-Old Tortoise Photographed In 1886 And Today
#110
Albino Leatherback Sea Turtle Baby
#111
We Monitor Sea Turtle Nests For The State And Sometimes We Find Baby Sea Turtles That Didn't Escape The Nests. We Release Them To Give Them Another Shot At Life
#112
The Burmese Star Tortoise, Named For Its Star Patterned Shell, Is Returning From Near Extinction
#114
If Your Presents Arrived Late, It’s Because Santa’s Helpers Are A Little Slower Than Normal
#115
Found A Baby Snapping Turtle Walking Across My Driveway
#116
My Turtle Sometimes Dips A Foot In The Water When Basking, So Cute!
#117
Well Hello There Guys
#121
Four Years Ago, My Wife Rescued A Baby Snapping Turtle From A Busy Street. Snap Has Became Our Really Sweet Pet. The Top Pic Is From Day One, And The Bottom Is Her Last Fall!
#122
My Friends Tortoise With His Cardigan On
#123
Baby Turtles Are Literally The Cutest Thing Ever
#124
In Isolation But We're Together, And That's All That Matters Right Now. My Daughter Wanted To Show Off Her New Baby Turtle She Found In Our Yard
#125
Look At Him Go! *waving Back*
#126
We All Got Lessons To Learn
Sayler Daudelin 3 years ago (edited)
Cop Tortoise: We have you surrounded. You have nowhere to go. Fugitive Tortoise hides in shell. Cop Tortoise: !@#$%
#129
This Is Thomas, He Is Last Male Of His Species. He Is 160+ Years Old. He Has Been In My Family For A Few Generations And We've Protected, Cared For Him All This Time
#133
If I Could Just
#136
The Burmese Star Tortoise Is One Of The Few Animals That Have Comeback From Being Called Functionally Extinct
#137
My Dad Found This Box Turtle Nine Years Ago And Let It Loose In His Yard. He Pops Up Again Every Year In The Spring. Fresh From Hibernation
#139
The Very First Hatchling (For Any Species Here) Of 2022 Has Entered The World
This little Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota) made its big debut this morning and is looking incredible, ready to take on life. It is the only baby to hatch from a clutch of eggs that were otherwise infertile. What an absolutely immaculate animal.
#140
Somehow My New Turtle Climbed The Mountain In His Aquarium
Marilyn leger 3 years ago
Had several red-eared turtles who climbed the steps in my house— never did figure out how, but it was always interesting to discover where they were going
#142
Three Months Ago I Watched A Painted Turtle Dig A Nest And Lay 6 Eggs Near My Apartment. All 6 Baby Turtles Are Healthy And Ready To Go To The Pond
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
I remember your pic of mom digging the nest! Thank you for watching over them!
#143
Tortoise Christmas Sweater. Because My Son Was Upset My Daughter's Kitten Has 2 Sweaters While His Tortoise Had None
#144
This Happy Looking Turtle Visits On Occassion. Gave It A Grape For Being So Cute. Calling It Danklin For Now
#146
Not Your Cat Or Dog But Just As Cute! Pandas Meet Timmy Bob The Turtle
#152
A Moss Covered Turtle Shell
Lyone Fein 3 years ago
This sort of thing must be where the myths of the world being carried on the back of a turtle come from.
#153
An Orange Turtle Found In The Vietnamese Jungle
#157
Went Hiking A While Ago And Found A Baby Turtle In The Middle Of The Path. It Was So Small I Almost Missed It (Fingers For Scale)
#158
Baby Sea Turtle's First Swim As It Just Hatched On This Populated Beach In Miami
#162
Excuse Me, There Seems To Be A Mistake. I Believe I Ordered The *small* Cappuccino. Look At The Size Of This Thing
#164
World, Meet “Turbo”. She’s 30+, Very Grumpy And Pees On Anyone Who Looks At Her Wrong. I Love Her
#166
Found A Little Softshell Turtle At The Lake Today
#169
Cute Little Leopard Tortoise Moved From A Busy Street It Was Crossing To A More Suitable Environment
#170
Got A Pink Bellied Turtle To Accompany My Common Musk A Couple Days Ago. First Time I See Them Together
#171
The African Helmeted Turtle, Also Known Commonly As The Marsh Terrapin, The Crocodile Turtle, Or In The Pet Trade As The African Side-Necked Turtle
#179
One Of My Endangered Blanding's Turtles Emydoidea Blandingii Taking Her First Breath In My Fingers
Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
Awwwww. One of my favorite turtles. There's a pond near me that's an oasis for these guys. I've never seen them anywhere else in the wild.
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Batwench 3 years ago
Ahhhhhh please get it right. Generally Turtles have flippers, Tortoises claws and Terrapins have attitude.
Monkey Spunk 3 years ago
A British Gas repairman stole my tortoise when I was around 14yo. I'm still not happy about that, I'd had him since I was in nursery school. BG didn't want to know.
Batwench 3 years ago
Ahhhhhh please get it right. Generally Turtles have flippers, Tortoises claws and Terrapins have attitude.
Monkey Spunk 3 years ago
A British Gas repairman stole my tortoise when I was around 14yo. I'm still not happy about that, I'd had him since I was in nursery school. BG didn't want to know.
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