Mock Turtle he was a Turtle the Mock Turtle answers, "We called him tortoise because he taught us!" ('tortoise' and 'taught us' both being pronounced <tɔːtʊs> in Carroll's dialect). To say that the Mock Turtle's name is a pun on the name of the soup is incomplete. The Tenniel illustration of the Mock Turtle specifically depicts it as a collection of creatures that make up the ingredients of mock turtle soup; they are not random. The pun is not only of the name, but of the nature of the soup itself. Traditionally, mock turtle soup takes the parts of a calf that
Twist-necked turtle twist-necked specimens were found on a southern Florida golf course, but no impact on native species is expected to occur. Twist-necked turtle The twist-necked turtle ("Platemys platycephala") also known as the flat-headed turtle, is distributed widely across northern South America. Twist-necked turtles have extremely flat shells that help them hide from predators under rocks and debris. When threatened, this turtle withdraws by twisting its head into its shell. "P. platycephala" is the only species of the genus "Platemys" and occurs in northern and central South America. "Platemys platycephala" means “flat turtle, flat-head” and accurately describes the structure of the head