Comments on: Steve Irwin’s New Turtle Discovery

By: brittney m

brittney m — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:48:24 +0000

A turtle named after my idol….Yay! Steve was the best!

By: Alligator

Alligator — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:21:22 +0000

Good article and fitting tribute to Steve Irwin. We still enjoy watching him scramble through the bush in the reruns.

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:30:06 +0000

Might the great marine reptiles of the Jurassic have possessed something similar to extend the length of their dives? Is there any way to find out?

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:43:17 +0000

I can answer part of shovethenos’ question. I don’t know much about reptiles in the biological sense, but I know that the alligator snapping turtle stays on the bottom for ages, luring fish with its tongue (which resembles a worm), the way some of the predatory fish do.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:47:48 +0000

Fittingly deserved.

By: shovethenos

shovethenos — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:25:58 +0000

Yeah, that oxygen-extracting cloaca is something, anyone know how many other aquatic or marine reptiles have one? Makes you wonder what adaptations other known or unknown reptiles may have.

By: Bob Michaels

Bob Michaels — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:25:26 +0000

A new turtle named in honor of the Great Steve Irwin, I still miss that guy, he had a great love for discovery and conservation.

By: planettom

planettom — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:13:10 +0000

Great article, thanks for posting Loren. How fitting to have the turtle named after Irwin. Very nice. Interesting how the turtle can breathe under water, I’ve never heard of that before.