Rare turtle slaughtered in Gaza

[Sonny]

Apr. 4 - Palestinian fishermen catch and kill a giant sea turtle, thought to be a Leatherback, an endangered species.

The rare giant sea turtle caught on a beach near Gaza City was slaughtered and eaten by Palestinian fishermen who said its blood was an aphrodisiac, among other therapeutic qualities. A Reuters cameraman said the fishermen collected the giant turtle's blood and gave it to children suffering from trauma and adults with back problems.

Penny Tweedie reports.

If the blood is an aphrodisiac, why are they giving it to kids with trauma or adults with back problems.....

Aren't you glad millions of our tax dollars head there every year?

Welcome to the 9th century:
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?video ... 23&sp=true

(Warning - Video clip is not for the faint of heart)

[UkraineNotWeak]

You sound like a liberal. Who cares about turtles.

[Tim Whitehead]

Apr. 4 - Palestinian fishermen catch and kill a giant sea turtle, thought to be a Leatherback, an endangered species.

The rare giant sea turtle caught on a beach near Gaza City was slaughtered and eaten by Palestinian fishermen who said its blood was an aphrodisiac, among other therapeutic qualities. A Reuters cameraman said the fishermen collected the giant turtle's blood and gave it to children suffering from trauma and adults with back problems.

Penny Tweedie reports.

If the blood is an aphrodisiac, why are they giving it to kids with trauma or adults with back problems.....

See the bolded part above. Some people consider strawberries to be aphrodisiacs. Better not give them to the children!

[byualum]

If the blood is an aphrodisiac, why are they giving it to kids with trauma or adults with back problems.....

Maybe they're selling it to fathers/daughters in Australia...

[KnoxVegas]

Turtles and thousands of other things are considered to have medicinal and aphrodisiac purposes to the Chinese, you know our friends and financiers.
Where is the outrage over their abuses of endangered species and things like bear bile farming?

Here's hoping that China doesn't pull the economic equivalent of the nuclear option by pull all their money out of our system and causing our economy to go into free fall and the value of the dollar to be worth somewhere near the Papiermark in the years following WW I.

[MM-9]

to quote south park....

"dumb dumb dumb dumb dummmbbbb"

[semilaxed]

They probably found out it was trying to invade them with western ideals. I heard the turtle was going to open up a Burger King Franchise.

[Jac Coyne]

Spotted owl is excellent with a pesto rub and a dry cabernet.

[Steno]

now that's just mean, jac. barred owls are killing all the spotted anyway.

[semilaxed]

A guy is caught by a ranger eating a bald eagle and is consequently put in jail for the crime. On the day of his trial, the conversation went something like this:


Judge: “Do you know that eating a bald eagle is a federal offense?” Man: “Yes I did. But if you let me argue my case, I’ll explain what happened.”

Judge: “Proceed.” Man: “I got lost in the woods. I hadn’t had anything to eat for two weeks. I was so hungry. Next thing I see is a Bald Eagle swooping down at the lake for some fish.

I knew that if I followed the Eagle I could maybe steal the fish. Unfortunately, in the process of taking the fish I killed the Eagle. I figured that since I killed the Eagle I might as well eat it since it would be more disgraceful to let it rot on the ground.”

Judge: “The court will take a recess while we analyze your testimony.”

15 minutes goes by and the judge returns.

Judge: “Due to the extreme circumstance you were under and because you didn’t intend to kill the Eagle, the court will dismiss the charges. But if you don’t mind the court asking, what does a Bald Eagle taste like?”

Man: “Well your honor, it is hard to explain. The best I can describe it is maybe a combination between a California Condor and a Spotted Owl.”

Adoupt and Track a Sea Turtle
http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/adopt/

[Campbell]

I think someone posted this picture here a while ago, but this reminded me of it: