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anonymous
Q: How to kill a turtle?
my chinese gf parents both this turtle to eat it. But is since 2 weeks that this poor creature lives in a bucket. Im really thinking to kill it, at least i think is less cruel than keep it inside for days, weeks.
Can i use dettol? whats the fastest way to kill it?
Just let it go!
And then, defend your stance with your arms up.....
Paulberger:
if he lets it go, someone else will just catch and kill it.
icnif77:
You mean: Somebody will pick-it up....? You can't really use word 'catch', when talking about turtle as prey
After 2 weeks its now a pet. Its law. So your stuck with it. Give it a name and fix it up a home. Tell your inlaws its 2014 and its time to stop eating turtles. And spend the rest of your days feeling proud you saved at least one from their death grip.
Scandinavian:
I would say anything you bring home alive is a pet. (or at least it's not food)
If you set it free, someone else will kill it and cook it.
Tell your in laws to stop doing stuff they cannot figure out how to do when it includes living beings.
- You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that kindness is a virtue.
icnif77:
He should stick message on the turtle before release: Bùyào chī!
I'm not sure if this is a culinary or a moral question. If you want to eat it, avoid drowning it in chemical. If you want to kill it humanely, also avoid drowning it in chemicals. Even the regular cooking method is more humane (boil alive in water like a shellfish). I had turtle at a wedding once. Tasted like chicken. Chinese prepare special meats in bland seasoning, to keep the flavour of the meat dominant. I'm not a fan of special meats, rare, expensive or otherwise.
Wait for it to become a teenager, and then feed it strange chemicals chemicals so it can become a mutant. Then teach it ninjitsu.
Paulberger:
wasn't there a cartoon about something similar... what was it called?!?! oh yea, Rugrats...
Paulberger:
wow ducktales! i have completely forgot about that cartoon. i might have never thought about it again if you hadn't mentioned it. i can remember the opening song perfectly.... thank you hulk, for pushing something useful out of my mind to fill it with this useless song... i have forgotten my nephew's face....
Paulberger:
MIGHT FIND A MYSTERY... OR REWRITE HISTORY! oh wait, they already rewrote most of history...
Paulberger:
@mr_spoon. before you die, tell the op what's killing you so he can kill his turtle with the same technique!
Turtles can carry salmonella. Don't touch it.
Don't kill it. Make a pet out of it, you can paint it, but don't eat it. I'd glue a hair piece on it and tell everyone it was a strange cat.
You could also tie it on top of your head and use it for helmet when you ride your scooter, much better than any cheap helmet that you buy in China.
icnif77:
Hairy turtle. I wonder, what would Darwin's opinion be on this matter
icnif77:
We could rename the 'theory'
to 'hair piece' theory. In limited circles, of course.
buy one of those big plastic tubs. fill it with some water and put a few stones inside for it to bask in the sun. if you don't have sunlight now bc of winter, buy a uv light. actually turtles are real cool pets, especially if you have children. but keep in mind, you must change that water almost daily. they eat and defecate in the water and it turns a murky greenish color and stinks like hell..
Teach the turtle how to skateboard, nina turtles can.
call Shredder, he's in the technodome.... he'll know what to do...
I think they want to see if you're "man enough" to kill and eat a turtle...to be worthy of their daughter's hand...
Another wonderful Chinese national behaving like a friggin idiot.
Rich folks in Miami get fines for the lights on the homes that interfere with sea turtle mating and this lady drove down from Michigan to get turtle soup.
Stiggs:
Sigh, rules and things like environment mean nothing to some people....
You can take the peasant off the farm but you can't get the farmer mentality out of the peasant.
