Turtle Carcus'
Submitted by talking horse on Mon, 2012-08-06 15:36
Can anyone tell me the rules about these??
Found 2 of these on the beach when 4wd on the weekend,
Wasnt sure so left them there.
Is it illegal to take them? or free to good home...?
carnarvonite
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Illegal
Unless you are a black fella you cannot take anything off them because they are protected.
Same goes for whales, dolphins seals, whale sharks, sawfish, white pointers, grey nurse and northern river sharks
Buz
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As Canarvonite said, gotta
As Canarvonite said, gotta leave them there, and i know DEC would appreciate it if you let them know about it so they can go inspect the body to see if they can gain any info off it e.g cause of death.
Which isnt to say that people dont take stuff though. Was down at Bremer Bay a few summers ago and there were three dead false killer whales washed up on Fosters Beach when i drove along there in the morning. Driving back in the arvo all had their heads cut off. I think people like them for their teeth or something. For Turtles though, i guess a Turtle shell fruit bowl wouldnt look too bad......................just after the rotting flesh smell leaves hahahahaha.
Dreamtime
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pffft
i found one the size of a car bonnet! huge bloody thing. was up at lucky bay, it had been there for about a week so hid it in the bush for a few months to let the smell go and straight up on the shack wall with that sucker. the way i see it is if its still there for ages and undisturbed, obviously nothing has a use for it, so may aswell not let such a beautiful thing go to waste and rot away. just wipe it down with cooking oil a few times to get the shine back and the patterns to stand out.
carnarvonite
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Pong
We got a huge one in a monster tiger shark and decided to clean it because we had a few aboriginal deckies, stink, never smelt anything like it, very sickly sweet and so thick you could nearly chew it. The rest of the crew pissed off up on the bow of the boat while we cleaned it, weak bastards!!!. Couldn't get the pong from my hands for about a week.
All came to no good anyway because the stomach acid even though it seem fresh, caused all the segments of the shell to delaminate and fall apart.
Vowed to never again try to clean one.
tim-o
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Just slip yourself inside one
Just slip yourself inside one and if asked, your name is Donatello
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Dreamtime
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hahaha
yep i was dry reaching when we were draggin ours up the beach. and yer i wouldnt have taken it but was with a couple locals.gotta have respect for turtles, they must go through a hell of a lot in their lifetime seeing as they can out live us 3 fold. crazy stuff and just love seein em on or underwater. no one would ever wanna get caught hurting one in front of me. be the last thing they ever did lol
talking horse
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Thanks guys DEC has been
Thanks guys DEC has been contacted,
Fruit bowl..... LOL
pale ale
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When I was in far north Qld,
When I was in far north Qld, Bamaga, we took a wrong turn and ended up at the locals "rubbish tip"
There was about 100 turtle shells dumped there
carnarvonite
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Wondered
Always wondered what it would taste like without it being curried. Deckies mates in Hedland invited us around many times for curried turtle but never turtle on its own, must taste crappy if you have to disguise it with curry.