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Title: What is it - Object 48?
Post by: JennyLeez on March 07, 2014, 11:09:34 AM

(http://wairoaweather.net/weathernz/whatisthis/what_is_it.png)

 (http://wairoaweather.net/weathernz/whatisthis/whatisthis48.jpg)

Title: Re: What is it - Object 48?
Post by: Babs on March 07, 2014, 11:22:01 AM

Why that's the rare beaked turtle I had one swimming in the bath last night

Title: Re: What is it - Object 48?
Post by: JennyLeez on March 07, 2014, 12:32:47 PM

Right animal, wrong breed.

Clue:
 (http://wairoaweather.net/weathernz/whatisthis/whatisthis48_clue.jpg)

Title: Re: What is it - Object 48?
Post by: Babs on March 07, 2014, 12:47:36 PM

Ahhhhhh its the rare beaked tortoise

Title: Re: What is it - Object 48?
Post by: Valerie on March 07, 2014, 01:58:04 PM

How clever you all are. I was quite prepared to say it was an obese crocodile.

Title: Re: What is it - Object 48?
Post by: JennyLeez on March 07, 2014, 02:02:34 PM

Still not right though.
Go back to turtle.
What sort of turtle?

Title: Re: What is it - Object 48?
Post by: Babs on March 07, 2014, 03:40:24 PM

A snapping turtle

One with a sharp beak

Title: Re: What is it - Object 48?
Post by: JennyLeez on March 07, 2014, 05:22:19 PM

Try again.

(http://wairoaweather.net/weathernz/whatisthis/whatisthis48_answer.jpg)

Title: Re: What is it - Object 48?
Post by: Babs on March 07, 2014, 05:31:53 PM

The pillowcase turtle

The I am going to eat you for dinner this afternoon turtle

The Leatherback turtle

Title: Re: What is it - Object 48?
Post by: JennyLeez on March 08, 2014, 03:46:27 PM

Keep guessing. The turtle bit is correct.

Clue: What is on its back?
This is what makes it unique.

Title: Re: What is it - Object 48?
Post by: Babs on March 08, 2014, 04:03:59 PM

There are over 300 species of turtles so its one of those

Title: Re: What is it - Object 48?
Post by: iomkiwi on March 08, 2014, 08:47:24 PM

The homeless turtle?

Title: Re: What is it - Object 48 - Answer
Post by: JennyLeez on March 08, 2014, 09:53:13 PM

Homeless?
I am not sure about that one...lol

Its an interesting turtle known for the lack of shell.

It is a Cantor's giant soft-shelled turtle. This peculiar-looking species named Cantor's Giant Soft-shelled Turtle is a species of fresh water turtle that has a broad head and small eyes close to the tip of its snout. It can grow up to 6 feet (about 2meters) in length and weigh more than 100 pounds (about 50 kilograms). The unusual turtle spends 95% of its life buried and motionless, with only its eyes and mouth protruding from the sand. It surfaces only twice a day to take a breath.

It wouldnt make much of a smoker now would it :)