Moozillion said:OMG!!! PLEEEZ tell me this is photoshopped and not a turtle covered with algae!!?!![FACE SCREAMING IN FEAR] (...yes, I'm that gullible...)
cdmay said:Cute until you know the downside. A friend in Shanghai sent me that photo along with a series of other species in similar algae garb a number of years ago.
According to Alex Cheng the Chinese first SAND PAPER the carapace to get it rough and then introduce the hairy algae to it.
Team Gomberg said:So this literally is algae growing on a turtle. And on purpose.