# how do I tell the sex of a turtle?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tell-the-sex-of-a-turtle/87875>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 17, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tell-the-sex-of-a-turtle/87875 "2001-10-17T01:57:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tell-the-sex-of-a-turtle/87875/21 "2001-10-18T00:32:57Z")

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They ARE talking about turtles, or _a_ turtle, anyway, and the subject of its gender is a matter of much debate.

And it’s gonna be a good job getting any of us banned, seeing that all three active admins on this board (Ed and Cecil don’t count in this instance, they don’t do much in the banning department) are all Pratchett fans.

\<blowing a raspberry kiss to Jill\>

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tell-the-sex-of-a-turtle/87875/22 "2001-10-18T02:16:13Z")

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Ah, go back to yer own forum.

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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-tell-the-sex-of-a-turtle/87875/23 "2001-10-18T15:01:27Z")

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[Bluto Blutarski]

MOD FIGHT!!!

[/Bluto Blutarski]

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