Category Archives: Curiosities

001 – The mascot of the Toronto stadium called SkyDome (now it’s called Rogers Center) was/is the Domer turtle, but it has not been “used” since the mid-nineties. According to the designer of the symbol, the “contracting authority” chose the turtle because his shell resembled the dome of the stadium.
Sources: Wikipedia, bluejayhunter.com, thingsikept.wordpress.com, SkyDome ad, bluejayhunter.com, youtu.be

002 – The mascot of the Delta Zeta student fraternity is a turtle, the fraternity also supports the “The Painted Turtle” holiday camp program for sick children.
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia, thepaintedturtle.org

003 – The symbol of the Phi Sigma Nu student fraternity is the turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, phisigmanu.com

004 – The turtle is the mascot and symbol of Chi Eta Phi Sorority. As explained on the official website, the turtle was chosen because of such characteristics as persistence, determination, keeping feet firmly on the ground, being goal-oriented and not being afraid to take risks.
Sources: Wikipedia, chietaphi.com

005 – Unofficial mascot of Beloit College’s is the turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, magazine.beloit.edu

006 – One of the mascots of the American convention of Manga and Anime fans, Kami-Con, is Shoyu, partially a turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, kamicon.net

007 – A key part of the symbol of the Italian organization CasaPound is the stylized turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, casapounditalia.org

008 – In the logotype of the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, part of the space program, there is a Ninja turtle (co-developed with Mirage) in a space suit (and the three modules produced as part of the program are called Leonardo, Raffaello and Donatello).
Sources: Wikipedia, mplm.msfc.nasa.gov

009 – In the logo (and thus on the planes) of “Cayman Airways”, an air carrier in the Cayman Islands, there is a turtle, known as “Sir Turtle”.
Sources: Wikipedia, caymanairways.com

010 – Tortoise is mentioned in the slogan of the Glasnost Defense Foundation – “Glasnost is a tortoise crawling towards freedom of speech.”
Sources: Wikipedia, gdf.ru

011 – The Knoxville Zoo logo includes, among others a turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, zooknoxville.org

012 – The turtle is the symbol and mascot of the University of “Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral”.
Sources: Wikipedia, espol.edu.ec

013 – The symbol of Dankook High School consists of the symbol “middle”, surrounded by a circle of four colored segments – they refer to the four Chinese symbols, and black is of course a representation of a tortoise.
Sources: Wikipedia, dankook.ms.kr.

014 – The Greinplast company, producing constructions chemicals, has a turtle in logo.
Sources: greinplast.pl

015 – The Fakro company, which produces windows, uses a mascot, the Fakro turtle, in its social and educational activities.
Sources: fakro.pl, mamotoja.pl

016 – The transport company, TurtLiner, has a turtle in its logo, the name also refers to turtles.
Sources: tl-bus.pl

017 – The Turbożółw company, as the name might suggest (żółw is polish word for turtle), does not shy away from the turtle symbolism, of course they also have it in their logo.
Sources: turbozolw.pl

018 – There is a turtle in the logo of the company (a family manufactory) that produces “Chleb Żółwieniecki Zdrowy” (it is a bread).
Sources: facebook.com

001 – “North Shore Honu” is a Hawaiian baseball team that played in 2006-2008 – “honu” in Hawaiian means turtle, which is also strongly reflected in the team’s logo.
Sources: Wikipedia, hawaiiwinterbaseball.com (kopia strony z archive.org)

002 – Beloit Snappers is a minor league baseball team, of course named after the “snapping Turtle” – due to the fact that Beloit is a city very closely related with turtles.
Sources: Wikipedia, milb.com

003 – The logo of the football team “Desportivo Estância Baixo” (playing for the Cape Verde league) features a sea turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, thefinalball.com

004 – The mascot of the Japanese band “Oita Trinita” is the turtle, Neetan.
Sources: Wikipedia, oita-trinita.co.jp

005 – There was a turtle in the logo of the “2013 Mediterranean Games” held in Turkey, and the mascot of this event was turtle named Karetta (a name referring to the Caretta Carretta species).
Sources: Wikipedia, eubcboxing.org

006 – The “Illibuck Trophy” – for which Illinois Fighting Illini football team and Ohio State Buckeyes football compete – is in the shape of a turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, thechampaignroom.com

007 – In the name and logo of the hockey team “TMH Żółwie Piła” there is of course a turtle (“żółwie” is polish word for a turtles).
Sources: facebook.com, , eurohockey.com

008 – A group of runners from Bydgoszcz, called “Bydgoskie Żółwie”, has a logo in its logo, and thus also on a shirts etc. (“żółwie” is polish word for a turtles)
Sources: bydgoskiezolwie.blogspot.com

009 – The mascot of the University of Maryland is “Testudo“, the turtle. Because of this, various university sports teams have names that are based on the principle of “Maryland Terrapins + name of the sport”, where Terrapins is of course a reference to turtles. There are baseball, soccer, basketball, volleyball, field hockey, tennis, gymnastics and many more teams.
Sources: Wikipedia, umd.edu, umterps.com

010 – The American football team from Korea’s Dong-eui University is called “Turtle Fighters”.
Sources: Wikipedia, turtlefighters.skynet.co.kr

001 – In the beliefs of the original inhabitants of the Amazon area there is a people of underwater, human-like beings Yacuruna. In their underwater cities, they use snakes as hammocks, crocodiles as boats and turtles as seats.
Sources: Wikipedia, Singing to the Plants: A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon w Googlebooks

002 – Some believe that leatherback turtles observed by ancient people could be the source of the legends about Each-uisge, the Sea/Water Horse.
Sources: Wikipedia, Sea monsters and mermaids in Scottish folklore: Can these tales give us information on the historic occurrence of marine animals in Scotland? w researchgate.net

003 – Tarasque is a mythological hybrid from Provence in eastern France, according to In the description, it resembles a dragon with a lion’s head, six bear-like legs, an ox’s body covered with a turtle’s shell, and a scaly tail ending with a scorpion’s sting.
Sources: Wikipedia, atlasobscura.com

004 – One of the attributes, symbols of the Greek god, Hermes, was a turtle (according to myths, he made a musical instrument, a lyre, out of turtle shell).
Sources: Wikipedia, talesbeyondbelief.com, The Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art w Googlebooks

001 – Publication of the first comprehensive work about turtles, “A Monograph of the Testudinata” by Thomas Bell, began in 1832.
Sources: Źródło, ibrary.si.edu, A Monograph of the Testudinata w play.google.com

002 – In the fossil mine in Messel (Germany), fossils of nine pairs of turtles during sex were found .
Sources: Wikipedia, livescience.com

003 – The hawksbill turtle is one of the few animals (and the only reptile) whose diet consists mainly of sponges.
Sources: Wikipedia, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov – Spongivory in hawksbill turtles: a diet of glass.

004 – Chelonitoxism is the name for food poisoning that can occur from eating turtle meat (Hawksbills and Green turtles). There is no antidote to it, so poisoning (especially for weaker organisms, especially children and the elderly) CAN be fatal.
Sources: Wikipedia, turtle-foundation.org

005 – The largest ever living species of turtle was Archelon ischyros, up to four meters long and almost five meters wide (with “flippers” outstretched).
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia, prehistoric-wildlife.com

006 Some turtles got their Latin names “in honor of someone”:
– Irwin’s turtle (Elseya irwini) in honor of (co-discoverer) Steve Irwin,
– Psephophorus terrypratchetti in honor of Terry Pratchett,
– Pelochelys cantorii in honor of Theodore Edward Cantor,
– Popculturally, Ninjemys oweni is named after ninja turtles,
– Sinemys gamera is a rather obvious reference to Gamera.
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia., amnh.org, Wikipedia, fossilworks.org, ucr.edu, Zaprzeczenie Klaudiusza w Tuyrtles of MExico, Wikipedia, curioustaxonomy.net, The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles w serwisie googlebooks, Wikipedia

007 – Eoacanthocephala is a parasite that feeds on cold-blooded aquatic creatures, such as turtles.
Sources: Wikipedia, Ecology of the Acanthocephala w googlebooks

008 – Thanks to the Cystoscopy procedure and the fact that the turtle’s urinary bladder is thin and other organs can be “seen” through it, it is possible to confidently determine the sex of young turtles, whose external features do not allow it yet.
Sources: Wikipedia, Clinical Applications of Cystoscopy in Chelonians w researchgate.net
Gender Identification by Cloacoscopy and Cystoscopy in Juvenile Chelonians w researchgate.net

009 – The species “Dosima fascicularis” was found to inhabit the surface of turtle shells.
Sources: Wikipedia, seaturtle.org

001 – The carnival held in the caimans is called batabano – just as the natives define the characteristic trail that a female sea turtle leaves on the beach, when she comes out of the water, and returns back after laying eggs. The presence of these traces is essential for this very “turtle” islands.
Sources: Wikipedia, caymancarnival.com

002 – Louis Rhead, according to his obituary in The New York Times, died as a result of the strain he suffered from catching a turtle that weighed over 13 kilograms.
Sources: Wikipedia, finandflame.com

003 – In many parts of the world, turtle shells have been used as waterproof cookware.
Sources: Wikipedia, World Food: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture and Social Influence from Hunter Gatherers to the Age of Globalization w googlebooks

004 – One of the versions explaining the genesis of tortellini is that they are supposed to resemble a turtle, which was also a popular architectural motif in 17th-century Modena.
Sources: Wikipedia, telegraph.co.uk (kopia w archive.org)

005 – According to the (often considered only legend) description by Valerius Maximus, the Greek tragic Aeschylus died as a result of a head crashing by a falling turtle, because the eagle, wanting to eat an animal, drops reptile on Aeschylus’s head instead of the normal stone.
Sources: Wikipedia, britannica.com

006 – The special type of “garment” made of a single piece of fabric and not tearable, to prevent the wearer from suicide by hanging is called an “anti-suicide suit”, “Ferguson” or “turtle suit”.
Sources: Wikipedia, solitarywatch.com, aclu.org

007 – Indians often in their “Stomp Dance” support themselves with rattles made, among others, from empty turtle shells.
Sources: Wikipedia, cherokee.org

008 – Australian rugby player Greg Conescu is also known as “Turtle”.
Sources: Wikipedia, rugbyleagueproject.org

009 – There is a color called “turtle green”, its hex code is #8A9A5B.
Sources: Wikipedia, tx4.us

010 – In Billings, Montana (USA), there are pictograms showing various animals, the oldest is the one showing a turtle, created 2100 years ago.
Sources: Wikipedia

011 – The mobile phone, Microsoft Kin, had the official code name “Turtle”.
Sources: Wikipedia, gsmchoice.co.uk

012 – In the group of animals that were the first terrestrial creatures to reach the orbit of the moon (not to be confused with a landing!), there were two turtles.
Sources: Wikipedia, energia.ru, theatlantic.com

013 – Adrien Vachette (goldsmith) used materials such as tortoiseshell in his work.
Sources: Wikipedia, collections.vam.ac.uk, collections.vam.ac.uk

014 – Cahuamanta to jedno z meksykańskich dań, pierwotnie kluczowym składnikiem było w nim mięso żółwi morskich (caguama), obecnie zaś (jako, że żółwie są zagrożonym gatunkiem a więc chronionym), wykorzystuje się płaszczki i krewetki.
Sources: Wikipedia, nschool.org (kopia z archive.org)

015 – The tinbe-rochin is an Okinawa “weapon system”, consisting of a shield (tinbe) and a short spear (rochin). One of the materials used to make the shields was a turtle shell.
Sources: Wikipedia, rkagb.com

016 – John Hill in 1754 proposed to consider part of the Pisces constellation as an independent constellation called Testudo, the turtle, but this idea did not catch on.
Sources: Wikipedia, constellation-guide.com

017 – Magic Shell is a syrup/coating produced by Smucker’s. One of the available flavors (chocolate-caramel-pecans) is called “Turtle Delight”.
Sources: Wikipedia, amazon.com

018 – The Roller Racer toy was originally called (by its creator) “Flying Turtle”.
Sources: Wikipedia, rollerracer.co.uk

019 – During “Shichi-Go-San”, the Japanese rite of passage, children receive distinctive candies which are presented in bags (“Chitose ame”) on which the tortoise and the crane are obligatorily printed, symbols representing long life.
Sources: Wikipedia, web-japan.org

020 – The name of the tea species, “Shui Jin Gui” literally means “golden sea turtle”.
Sources: Wikipedia, tea-drunk.com

021 – The sounds of copulating turtles were used to create the roaring sounds of dragons in Game of Thrones.
Sources: Wikipedia, vanityfair.com

001 – In nautical terminology there is the term “turtling”, “turn turtle” meaning the overturning of the ship “upside down” – so that only the bottom of the boat is visible, its streamlined shape may resemble a turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, Sailing Fundamentals w Googlebooks, fssa.com

002 – The Turle Knot, named after Major William Greer Turle, is sometimes incorrectly called “turtle knot” – because of the similarity between the major’s name and the word Turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, netknots.com

003 – In the USA and Canada the distinctive type of clothing that also covers the neck, it is called “Turtle Neck”.
Sources: Wikipedia, collinsdictionary.com

004 – In Mongolia, miners searching for gold in unofficial “mines” are called “ninja miners”, because the bowl they use to search – their carry it on their backs, what makes them look like Ninja Turtles.
Sources: Wikipedia, money.cnn.com

005 – The card game “golf” is also known as “Turtle”.
Sources: Wikipedia, pagat.com, youtube.com

006 – The CB radio slang used by American drivers uses the term “turtle race”, referring to cases where two trucks driving at very similar speed are going side by side, blocking the possibility of overtaking them.
Sources: Wikipedia, abouttruckdriving.com

007 – In the English language, there is the phrase “Tom, Dick and Harry”, sometimes in the version “Tom, Dick or Harry”, referring to several (in the first) or one (in the second) person, meaning as much as “all/anyone” . We mention this, because the three turtles that Charles Darwin brought with him from the Galapagos were given such names (however, when it turned out that Harry was a female, she was renamed Harriet).
Sources: Wikipedia, monumentaustralia.org.au, collinsdictionary.com

008 – The bag in which the Spinnaker is stored (a type of convex sail, used mainly on sports vessels) is called a turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, hydesailsdirect.com

009 – The “Mk III helmet”, used by the British during WWII, was sometimes called a “turtle” due to its shape.
Sources: Wikipedia, iwm.org.uk

001 – There was a turtle on the flag of Szychel (both the regular and the governor’s) in the years 1903–1961 and the one from 1961–1976 (it was a British colony, and like most of them, it had a flag based on a common scheme, the left upper quarter was occupied by the British flag, the rest of the area was blue, in the right part, more or less in the middle, there was a symbol-emblem unique for a given colony). Also on the president’s flag from 1977-1996 and on the current president’s flag you can see a turtle, it is also in the coat of arms.
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia, egov.sc, fotw.info

002 – One of the unofficial symbols of Ecuador is the Galapagos Tortoise.
Sources: Wikipedia, The Complete Guide to National Symbols and Emblems (googlebooks)

003 – One of the official symbols of Cambodia is the Southern river terrapin, a.k.a. Royal Turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, intocambodia.com

004 – There are two turtles in the coat of arms of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
Sources: Wikipedia, biot.gov.io

005 – There is a turtle in the coat of arms of the Cayman Islands.
Sources: Wikipedia, gov.ky

006 – Both the coat of arms and the flag (which includes the coat of arms) of the Ascension Islands contain turtles. Also, two flag proposals (the current one was chosen in 2012, the proposals were presented in 2010) included turtles.
Sources: Wikipedia, ascension-island.gov.ac

007 – In the United States, each state has a set of specific symbols that can be associated with it, apart from the obvious things like a flag or a slogan, there is also a lot of symbols related to fauna and flora, state bird, flower, insect, etc. One of the symbols is also a reptile, often turtle. List:
In Alabama since 1990, the reptilian symbol is Alabama Red-Bellied Turtle,
In the state of California, it is the desert turtle, living there (symbol since 1972), and since 2012 the sea-reptile symbol is leatherback leatherback turtles,
In Colorado since 2008, the symbol is Western Painted Turtle,
In the states of Georgia and Florida, the reptilian symbol is Gopher Tortoise living in both states, in the first from 1989, in the second from 2008,
In the state of Florida, apart from the turtle mentioned above, since 2008 there is also a symbol-saltwater reptile, which is Loggerhead turtle,
Also in South Carolina since 1988, the symbol is the Loggerhead turtle,
In Vermont since 1994, in Michigan since 1995 and in Ilinois since 2005 the reptilian symbol is Painted Turtle.
In Kansas since 1986, the symbol is Ornate Box Turtle,
In Maryland, since 1994, the symbol is Diamondback Terrapin Turtle,
In Missouri, since 2007, the symbol is Three-Toed Box Turtle,
In Nevada since 1989, the symbol is Desert Tortoise,
In the state of New Jersey from 2018 the symbol is Bog Turtle,
In the state of New York since 2006, the symbol is Snapping turtle,
In North Carolina from 1979 and in Tennessee from 1995 the symbol is Eastern Box Turtle,
In Texas, since 2013 the official sea turtle symbol is Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle.

Sources: library.ca.gov, statesymbolsusa.org

008 – Both the old (used in the years 1947-1956) and the current coat of arms of the Solomon Islands contain the image of a turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, fotw.info

001 – Batis maritima is a representative of Halophytes (plants that can live/grow in a highly salty environment), it is also called “turtleweed”.
Sources: Wikipedia, cabi.org oraz plants.usda.gov

002 – In some visual aspects, beetles are quite similar to turtles, the highly vaulted “shell made of sheltered wings” may suggest appropriate associations, so many species of beetles have various references in their popular (non-Latin) names. Below is just a tiny part of the whole, an outline of the issue.
Cassidinae is a subfamily of over three thousand species of beetles known as “tortoise and leaf-mining beetles”, of which we are of course interested in this “tortoise” piece.
This subfamily includes, for example, the genus Cassida, including Cassida piperat popularly known as “tortoise beetle”, Cassida flaveola, is also known as “the pale tortoise beetle” or Cassida viridis, popularly known as “green tortoise beetle”.
There is also a family of Chelonariidae, also known as “turtle beetles”. Paropsis is a genus of beetles, popularly known as “tortoise beetles”, Stolas imperialis is a species of beetle found in Brazil, more commonly known as “Imperial tortoise beetle”, and Paropsis charybdis is a beetle known as “Eucalyptus tortoise beetle”.
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia, britannica.com, bugguide.net, bugguide.net, projectnoah.org, nzffa.org.nz

003 – Chelycypraea testudinaria, a species of sea snail, is called “turtle/tortoise cowry”, in this case it is probably due to some visual resemblance to tortoiseshell.
Sources: Wikipedia, gastropods.com

004 – Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) is a fish that gains food, by following sharks, rays or turtles, to eat their leftovers.
Sources: Wikipedia, gcrl.usm.edu

005 – A species of frogs, Myobatrachus gouldii, is called “Turtle Frog”. This name is associated with usage of a different way of digging in the ground than other frogs, more like turtles.
Sources: Wikipedia, iucnredlist.org

006 – Emydocephalus annulatus is a species of sea snake known more commonly as “turtle-headed sea snake”.
Sources: Wikipedia, reptile-database.reptarium.cz

007 – Thalassia testudinum is a species of seagrass, popularly known as “turtle grass”, it is an essential part of the diet of green turtles.
Sources: Wikipedia, iucnredlist.org

008 – Chelone is the name of four (differing mainly in color) species of flowers, all referred to as “turtlehead”, because of similarity.
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia Polska, finegardening.com

009 – Cryptolithodes sitchensis is a crab that is also known by names such as “umbrella crab”, “sitka crab” or “turtle crab”.
Sources: Wikipedia, inverts.wallawalla.edu

010 – Psathyrotes are a genus of plants that are popularly called “turtleback”.
Sources: Wikipedia, calflora.org

011 – There is a variety of beans, called “Black turtle bean” (sometimes the name is shortened to “black beans”, which can be confusing, because there are several other types of black beans).
Sources: Wikipedia, healwithfood.org

012 – Cephalotes are a type of ants, popularly known as “turtle ants”. One ant species in this genus, Cephalotes specularis, is known to mimic the behavior of other ants, it is more commonly known as “Mirror turtle ants”.
Sources: Wikipedia
powell-lab.net, Wikipedia, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

013 – Echiniscus testudo is a species of tardigrade, also known as “turtle water bear”.
Sources: Wikipedia, ipfs.io

014 – Conus ermineus and Conus achatinus are two different species of sea snail, both popularly also known as “turtle cone”.
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia, gastropods.com, gastropods.com

015 – Harmony testudinaria is a type of ladybug, known as “tortoise-shelled ladybird”.
Sources: Wikipedia, biolib.cz

016 – Amblyomma tuberculatum is a species of tick known as “gopher tortoise tick”. Ixodes holocyclus is a tick found in Australia, and adult males are sometimes called “Shell back tick” because they resembles a turtle. Amblyomma clypeolatum is known as the “Asian tortoise tick” due to the fact that it feeds on turtles.
Sources: Wikipedia, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, Wikipedia, arachne.org.au, Wikipedia
discoverlife.org

017 – Coccidae is a family of scale insect, popularly known as “tortoise scales”.
Sources: Wikipedia, pubs.ext.vt.edu (PDF)

018 – Passerina ericoides, a type of berry, is often called “skilpadbessie” which comes from Afrikaans and means “turtle berries”.
Sources: Wikipedia, davesgarden.com

019 – Pardalinops testudinaria is a species of sea snail, more popularly known as “tortoise dove shell”, (here is also a curiosity, the English name for a bird is turtle dove, the version Tortoise- Dove is actually unique to this mollusk).
Sources: Wikipedia, gastropods.com

020 – Nymphalis californica is a species of butterfly, popularly known as “California tortoiseshell”.
Sources: Wikipedia, butterfliesandmoths.org

021 – Remora, a species of fish that latches on to other animals, including turtles. People used them to hunt turtles – fish “on a leash” was thrown into the water when a turtle was spotted, fish immediately swam up to reptile and stuck to him, allowing people to take their target for a haul.
Sources: Wikipedia, jstor.org – Observations on the Use of the Sucking-Fish or Remora, Echeneis naucrates, for Catching Turtles in Cuban and Colombian Waters

022 – Idia gopheri is a species of moth, also called “Tortoise Commensal Noctuid Moth”.
Sources: Wikipedia, ecos.fws.gov

023 – The berry species Muraltia scoparia and Muraltia spinosa are popularly known as “Tortoise berry” (because they like to eat them).
Sources: Wikipedia, eol.org

024 – Cellana talcosa is a species of leeches, also popularly known as “talc leech” or “turtle leech”.
Sources: Wikipedia, gastropods.com

025 – Testudinalia testudinalis is a species of sea snail, popularly known as “common tortoise limpet” or “common tortoiseshell limpet”.
Sources: Wikipedia, gastropods.com

026 – Wymarły gatunek ptaków, Chelychelynechen quassus nazywany jest “turtle-jawed moa-nalo”, “żółwiodziobowymi Moa-nalo”.
Sources: Wikipedia, itsnature.org

027 – Auerodendron pauciflorum is a rare flower species, also known as “turtlefat”.
Sources: Wikipedia, eol.org

028 – Eulithidium thalassicola is a species of sea snail, popularly called “turtle grass pheasant shell”.
Sources: Wikipedia, gastropods.com

029 – The local name for flowers of the Euphorbia tuckeyana species is “tortolho”, “turtle flowers”.
Sources: Wikipedia, catalogueoflife.org

030 – A type of leeches, Ozobranchus, are known as “turtle leechs”, due to the fact that they only feed on turtles and their blood.
Sources: Wikipedia, phinizycenter.org

031 – Chelonibia testudinaria is a species of barnacle living in symbiosis with sea turtles, especially the Caretta caretta.
Sources: Wikipedia, marinespecies.org

032 – The bug species Acanthosoma labiduroides is also known as “scissors turtle bug”.
Sources: Wikipedia

033 – The durio testudinarius tree is popularly known as “Durian Kura Kura” (literally: “tortoise durian”).
Sources: Wikipedia, yearofthedurian.com

034 – The name of the trees “Jabuticaba” comes from the Tupi language and means “the place where tortoises are found”.
Sources: Wikipedia, zmescience.com

001 – The symbol and logotype of the British car brand, Gordon-Keeble, was a turtle (t was not planned, during the inaugural photo shoot, the turtle entered the frame, the creators appreciated the irony of combining a stereotypically slow pet and cars and therefore chose it as their logo).
Źródła: Wikipedia, gordonkeeble.org.uk

002 – The characteristic, upward-opening car doors, known as “Lamborghini doors”, are also sometimes called “turtles”.
Żródła: Wikipedia, truebil.com

003 – One of the Lockheed P-2 Neptune aircraft, designed to test issues such as the crew’s endurance for long flights and navigation during such flights, additionally serving PR purposes and breaking various records (such as the longest distance traveled without refueling), was firstly nicknamed “The Turtle”, later “The Truculent Turtle”, its beak was also decorated with graphics with a turtle.
Źródła: Wikipedia, thisdayinaviation.com

004 – The Italian locomotive FS Class E.444, which made its debut in the 1960s, was also known under the nickname “Tartaruga” (“turtle”).
Źródła: Wikipedia, railfaneurope.net

005 – In the 1970s, Dick Newick called the trimaran he designed the “Third Turtle”. In 1976, this vehicle took third place in the Trans-Atlantic race.
Źródła: Wikipedia, nytimes.com, baltimoresun.com, sailing-legends.com

006 – The VMTB-341, the US WWII bomber squadron was nicknamed “Torrid Turtles”, and had adequate symbolism.
Źródła: Wikipedia, Książka “Why Marines Fight” (googlebooks), Książka “…AND A FEW MARINES: Marines in the Liberation of the Philippines” (fragment w serwisie nps.gov)

007 – At one point in its existence, the Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer was called “Turbulent Turtle”.
Źródła: Wikipedia, Książka “Code Warriors: NSA’s Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union” (googlebooks)

008 – Volkswagen Beetle was known differently in different countries:
– in Bolivia he was called Peta (turtle),
– in Bulgaria, one of the names was осτенурка (“Kostenurka”), also a turtle,
– Χελώνα (“Chelona”, turtle) in Greece
– Rag-gah ركـّة (little turtle) in Iraq
– Kura (turtle), Malaysia
– Ba-o, (turtle), Philippines
– Ibba (turtle), Sri Lanka
– รถ เต่า (“Rod Tao”, turtle car), โฟล์ค เต่า (“Volk Tao”, Volkswagen turtle), Thai
– Kaplumbağa (turtle), Tosbağa (tortoise), Turkey
Źródła: Wikipedia

009 – The Russian yacht Livadia (launched in 1880) was compared to, among others, the turtle.
Źródła: Wikipedia, nytimes.com

010 – One of the prototype tracked vehicles produced by Adolph Saurer AG was the “Saurer Tartaruga”, turtle.
Źródła: Wikipedia, militaerfahrzeuge.ch

011 – When Maryland students participated in the Sikorsky Prize, they named their flying machines Gamera (I and II), alluding the flying turtle being the hero of Japanese movies (the mascot of the university is also a turtle, hence the reference).
Źródła: Wikipedia (I), Wikipedia (II), agrc.umd.edu (strona uniwersytetu)

012 – Designed between 1937 and 1939, the Antarctic Snow Cruiser was mainly referred to as “Penguin”, “Penguin 1” but sometimes also as “Turtle”.
Źródła: Wikipedia, Źródło

013 – The Citroën 2CV car was sometimes called “tortoise”, a motive used by Citroen himself in press advertisements.
Źródła: Wikipedia