# Turtles got plastic blow-up sex dolls. Who knew? Newslink

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**Created:** [July 13, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtles-got-plastic-blow-up-sex-dolls-who-knew-newslink/546595 "2010-07-13T21:46:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtles-got-plastic-blow-up-sex-dolls-who-knew-newslink/546595/1 "2010-07-13T21:46:29Z")

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OK, these folks are setting out for new frontiers in Turtle Perversion.

> **[Plastic toy draws Timmy the tortoise out of his shell](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jul/12/timmy-tortoise-tanya-plastic-toy)**
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> After years of heartache, a Hermann's tortoise finds love with toy mate Tanya at a sanctuary in Cornwall

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> It is an unusual romance, to say the least. He is made of flesh, blood and shell while she is constructed entirely out of plastic.
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> But after years of heartache, Timmy the tortoise seems to have found some sort of comfort by teaming up with Tanya the plastic toy tortoise.
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> “He nuzzles and kisses her, moves her around and pushes lettuce towards her. He plays with her every day. If I want him to go into his hut at night time I have to put Tanya in there first, otherwise he won’t go.”

And, of course, they’re English.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtles-got-plastic-blow-up-sex-dolls-who-knew-newslink/546595/2 "2010-07-13T21:50:54Z")

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That turtle’s shell is cracked.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtles-got-plastic-blow-up-sex-dolls-who-knew-newslink/546595/3 "2010-07-13T22:04:48Z")

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> [@Autolycus](#):
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> That turtle’s shell is cracked.

I’d say…_bent_…