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3 photos and 1 illustration tagged seaturtle, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.

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• date1888
• pubplacelondon
• publicdomain
• sysnum000077405
• andersenhchanschristian
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• sherlocknet:tag=sister
• sherlocknet:tag=form
• sherlocknet:tag=kilt
• sherlocknet:tag=stat

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AL246_020 Turtles on Johnsons Island, TH

from SDASM Archives

• Old Salt said:

  The ship in the distant background is the Lapwing-class minesweeper USS PELICAN (AM 27).

Tourists on a sandy beach, two seated on sea turtles

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• ~ WessexWill ~ said:

  my god the ultimate in bad taste.

• Bhavpreet Singh said:

  poor turtles

• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:

  [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Thanks for this article! We have previously discussed here starting a file on 'Politically Incorrect Moments from History', and I think turtle-riding would be top of the list. It doesn't sound any more pleasant (for the turtle) in the article, especially the part where they collected all the eggs up?! I'm looking to do a blog on this in the next couple of weeks, so will post it here :)

• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:

  [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] New on the blog : Turtle riding and the Greatest Liar on Earth!.

• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:

  [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Ah so awkward! That's article really demonstrates the mix of tourism and scientific expeditions that allowed turtle riding to become popular. Fascinating!