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<blockquote data-quote="Flaviemys purvisi" data-source="post: 2535912" data-attributes="member: 44235"><p>Man 98% of people buy turtles before knowing what they're getting into and yes it can be a costly exercise. It's not as simple as filling a glass box with water and buying some frozen dinners I can assure you... if you want your turtle to live more than 3 months anyway.</p><p></p><p>Did anyone happen to inform you at the point of purchase what your sweet little Murray will look like when it's all grown up?? Let me deliver you some confronting information... of all the captive Emydura sp available, the 2 LEAST suited for captive aquarium life are the Cooper creek turtle - Emydura macquarii emotti and the Murray River turtle - Emydura macquarii macquarii.</p><p>Here's what your little friend will turn into...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]329517[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And it's subsequently why they've been dumped and introduced into every major waterway outside their natural range on the Eastern Seaboard hybridising with and thus destroying the genetic integrity of the Hunter River turtle, Clarence River turtle, Macleay River turtle, Brisbane River turtle, Krefft's river turtle, Cooper Creek turtle and they are also heavily impacting the Bellinger and Manning river snapping turtles (both of which are endangered.)</p><p></p><p>Who enabled and allowed this absolutely irreversible shambles to happen?? Those at the very forefront of Australian turtle conservation... the QLD and NSW Governments. Round of applause everyone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flaviemys purvisi, post: 2535912, member: 44235"] Man 98% of people buy turtles before knowing what they're getting into and yes it can be a costly exercise. It's not as simple as filling a glass box with water and buying some frozen dinners I can assure you... if you want your turtle to live more than 3 months anyway. Did anyone happen to inform you at the point of purchase what your sweet little Murray will look like when it's all grown up?? Let me deliver you some confronting information... of all the captive Emydura sp available, the 2 LEAST suited for captive aquarium life are the Cooper creek turtle - Emydura macquarii emotti and the Murray River turtle - Emydura macquarii macquarii. Here's what your little friend will turn into... [ATTACH=full]329517[/ATTACH] And it's subsequently why they've been dumped and introduced into every major waterway outside their natural range on the Eastern Seaboard hybridising with and thus destroying the genetic integrity of the Hunter River turtle, Clarence River turtle, Macleay River turtle, Brisbane River turtle, Krefft's river turtle, Cooper Creek turtle and they are also heavily impacting the Bellinger and Manning river snapping turtles (both of which are endangered.) Who enabled and allowed this absolutely irreversible shambles to happen?? Those at the very forefront of Australian turtle conservation... the QLD and NSW Governments. Round of applause everyone. [/QUOTE]
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