# Push me - Pull you turtle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-me-pull-you-turtle/420814>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 28, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-me-pull-you-turtle/420814 "2007-09-28T14:27:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-me-pull-you-turtle/420814/1 "2007-09-28T14:27:36Z")

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A two-headed turtle was found in Pennsylvania.

[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21029455/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21029455/)

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**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-me-pull-you-turtle/420814/2 "2007-09-28T14:30:52Z")

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Is that a turtle or a terrapin?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-me-pull-you-turtle/420814/3 "2007-09-28T14:42:10Z")

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[Terrapin](http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9071786/terrapin):

> [@Britannica Concise Encyclopedia](#):
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> Any omnivorous aquatic turtle of the family Emydidae, especially the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)

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**Author:** ![Ellef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@Ellef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellef)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-me-pull-you-turtle/420814/4 "2007-09-28T15:43:56Z")

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Am I a bad person for immediately wondering how that thing poops?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-me-pull-you-turtle/420814/5 "2007-09-28T15:45:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Ellef]  
Am I a bad person for immediately wondering how that thing poops?  
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Ah, memories of dad…

Dad: The meanest animal in the world is the lizigator. It’s a lizard on one end and an alligator on the other.

Me: How does it poop?

Dad: What do you think makes it so mean?