CNET

Cartoon turtle teaches online safety

When U.S. officials wanted to keep people from littering, they enlisted a cartoon owl named "Woodsy," and to help prevent forest fires, they recruited a bear by the name of "Smokey." These days the ...
Concord Monitor

Closing time: How (some) turtles shut their shells

In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is based in fact – although not all turtles are capable of this protective ...
THE WEEK

Political Cartoon Mitch McConnell Turtle Shell Answering Machine Gun Bill

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THE WEEK

Political Cartoon U.S. Pelosi Schumer Mitch Turtle Shell Hiding Trump Impeachment

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Rutland Herald

The Outside Story: Closing time, how (some) turtles shut their shells

In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is based in fact — although not all turtles are capable of this protective ...