Interesting video, thanks for sharing. I just have to rant a bit, though ... ;-)
First of all, they decided to have the cat microchipped because a four-eared cat is so rare?? Argh!! No! All cats - and dogs! - should be microchipped! Because their owners care about them, not because they're valuable freaks. >:-(
As for the turtle segment, that pisses me off even more. How come EVERYONE always talks about two-headed turtles in the singular?? And then she's surprised that the heads fight over the food?? Seriously. Of course they fight over the food - they're two animals!!! Why isn't it completely obvious that two brains must mean two individuals? No one (well, almost no one, I guess) would dream of assuming that human conjoined twins were one person. It's the same with reptiles. Turtles with two heads are in fact two turtles in one body - they are simply conjoined twins. It makes me feel sad every time I hear or read about 'a two-headed turtle' ... it doesn't signify anything positive for the way reptiles in captivity are generally viewed.
Viktor is a small town southern boy living in Los Angeles. You can find him on Twitter, writing about pop culture, politics, and comics. He’s the creator of the graphic novel StrangeLore and currently getting back into screenwriting.
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Interesting video, thanks for sharing. I just have to rant a bit, though ... ;-)
First of all, they decided to have the cat microchipped because a four-eared cat is so rare?? Argh!! No! All cats - and dogs! - should be microchipped! Because their owners care about them, not because they're valuable freaks. >:-(
As for the turtle segment, that pisses me off even more. How come EVERYONE always talks about two-headed turtles in the singular?? And then she's surprised that the heads fight over the food?? Seriously. Of course they fight over the food - they're two animals!!! Why isn't it completely obvious that two brains must mean two individuals? No one (well, almost no one, I guess) would dream of assuming that human conjoined twins were one person. It's the same with reptiles. Turtles with two heads are in fact two turtles in one body - they are simply conjoined twins. It makes me feel sad every time I hear or read about 'a two-headed turtle' ... it doesn't signify anything positive for the way reptiles in captivity are generally viewed.
Yes, I am a turtle owner ... ;-)
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