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Old 08-01-2010, 03:55 PM   #1
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Default Sea turtle loves the camera

There was a camera lost by a crew who was near Aruba and doing research on a sunken WWII ship. The camera washed ashore in Florida and there was a video on the camera that was pretty neat. A sea turtle got snagged on the camera and somehow hit record. It dragged the camera with it every where it went and the camera recorded until the battery went dead.


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Old 08-01-2010, 05:36 PM   #2
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Is the video somewhere on the internet? It would be really neat to see that film. I wouldn't mind seeing the old ship too. I wonder what that turtle was thinking when that thing wouldn't leave him alone?


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I never heard of that news yet. Was it posted on YouTube? The video must be awesome, it could have become a hit sensation just like Paul, the psychic octopus that predicted Spain will beat Holland in a World Cup final.


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I found it on YouTube and watched it for a bit but it is so boring. The turtle didn't know how to frame a shot at all.

On an environmental note, I know they didn't mean to lose their camera but that's just one more thing that was in the water that shouldn't have been. I always try (except for accidents like this) to clean up after myself and leave things the way they were before I came along. Nature doesn't need help to decorate it's space.


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I wonder what that turtle was thinking when that thing wouldn't leave him alone?
Haha! Yea, I could just hear that conversation -

Sea turtle: Dude, I don't know what the heck you are or what you want from me, but you need to just go away!


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Wow that is pretty cool! I love sea turtles and I would love to see what they actually do when they don't know they are being recorded or bothered. I hope the camera didn't hurt the turtle in anyway (wrap him up or what not).


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Old 08-31-2010, 06:12 PM   #7
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Poor little turtle! That must have freaked it out so much! I remember hearing about it but I never heard how they got the camera back. Does anyone know how they found it?


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