Symbolism: Associated with countries and regions | Associated with sport | Miscellaneous
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
