Not all turltes are created equal

So we have introduced you to the Turtle-Dove paradigm. Turtle's projected into space will definitely create the illusion of flight but a harsh inevitability awaits them: they will crash and burn. When a SKAR member was in Trinidad earlier this year, he met a different kind of turtle and observed the opposite phenomena. The leatherback turtle (featured above)  on first glance looks slow, lethargic, fat, indolent and stupid but is actually a king amongst Turtles. A couple of reasons why:

1. Fourth largest reptile after three crocodiles which is effectively like coming in second. Unlike their midget friends, these turtles weigh between 250 and 700 kgs!

2. They are fast. The 1992 Guiness Book of World Recrods has the leatherback turtle listed as having achieved a speed of 9.8 meters per second in water -- making them the fastest reptiles!

3. They love deep sea diving and can dive as deep as 4200 meters below sea level.

4. They are super international and can be found all the way in Alaska and Norway to the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and dispersed as far as New Zealend.

5. In the Caribbean their eggs are considered to be aprhodisiacs!

The ones we saw in Trinidad had apparently swum all the way from Africa for a little Trini limin. So in short, they are big, fast, love adventure sports,  are well travelled and help Carribean people get turned on. Wow!

Just imagine the conversation that might transpire between a regular turtle and a leatherback turtle. Might be similar to the one that Vijay Malaya has with Dalip Singh Rana!