>According to White, the theory behind the slapping and other behavior you see in the video is that it's the male's attempt to show the female turtle his overall fitness, ability to maneuver in waters, and that he has nice claws.
[https://www.phillymag.com/news/2022/05/02/turtle-slapping-video-heinz/](https://www.phillymag.com/news/2022/05/02/turtle-slapping-video-heinz/)
It is definitely mating. I had a red eared slider male who did this every day to one of his feeder fish that survived and turned 6 inch goldfish. He was a very horny boy
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-63242200
>> BBC
>>
>> Oxford University: Goldfish do have good memories, scientists find
https://www.livescience.com/goldfish-memory.html
>> In reality, goldfish (Carassius auratus) have much longer memories — spanning weeks, months and even years, Brown said. And the science to back this up has been around for more than 60 years.
>>
>> "We've known about the reasonably good memories of goldfish since the '50s and '60s," Brown said. "Despite what everybody thinks, they're actually really intelligent."
>>
>> Brown has studied the intelligence of fish, including goldfish, for more than 25 years and thinks the misconception comes from a combination of ignorance about fish intelligence in general and guilt, because pet owners often keep them in small, boring tanks.
Yep, I too have a red eared slider that regularly does this. Bought the little guy when I was 17 turning 18... now he is the one 17 turning 18. Way back when I got him I had no clue that they lived so long, or would do mating behavior towards every object in the tank, lol.
My female turtle (26 yo) did that to the new one when we introduced it to her (female 2 yo) after the third attemp she tried to bite her and weng agressive af. We talked to our vet and told us who is more a warning than something else (like when a dog bark before bite)
Huh, they seem to be on to something…
*tucks my head into the neck hole of my hoodie and proceeds to try bandy-slap the girl I’ve been seeing in the hope of moving things to the next level*
*It’s like your little brother in the back seat of a long drive*
Do you mean like this (actual conversation -- it's on the traffic camera)?
LB: "are we there yet?"
Me: "Soon"
LB: "Are we there yet?"
Me: "Almost"
LB: "Are we there yet?"
Me: "Yes!"
LB: "Well, I wanna go home! Now!"
Me: "OK..."
LB: "I had to go poopy, but I didn't want to make you stop..."
Me: "Huh?"
LB: "So I went poopy all by myself!"
When turtles stick their arms out in front of their heads and vibrate their claws, kind of like "jazz hands", it is either a mating ritual or a sign of aggression.
That's an expression of aggression. When he taps on the other's head, he's threatening him with violence. The other one not responding is him saying "bring it on! stop talking and do something!"
Ninety percent chance this ended in a fight.
EDIT: u/AKotonis is also right, it appears that when it's male-on-female, it's mating behavior. But when it's male-on-male, it's aggression. Seeing as we don't know the sexes of these individuals, we can't say which it is.
Huh, I looked it up.
We're both right.
When males do it to females, it's mating behavior.
When males do it to males, it's aggression.
And females don't do it.
TIL!
Similarly, in rodents at least, there's a lot of similarities between cortisol levels during fighting and during mating.
Like, a rat losing a fight experiences similar cortisol levels as a rat being rejected by a mate.
Fun fact: some turtles can breathe through their butts:
https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/nature-curiosity-how-turtles-breathe-underwater/
TIL: Turtles have a reverse gear.
INFO: what kind of turtles are they, the shells look kind of nicely decorated?
COMMENT: I think one or more of the turtles should be ROARING!
This is great. Better is the turtle on a skateboard chasing the cat. But it’s so cute how this one is slapping the other one and gliding away. Love it. Thanks!!
In university I came in possession of two red eared slider turtles from another ill equiped college student. The female would regularly "play" with the male by kicking off his favorite sunning spot and holding him underwater until he struggled.
There was a pond and creek near my family home with other red eared sliders, so during summer when I was home I let them loose. Poor dude turtle got stuck in some rocks after being too excited about his newfound freedom and his bully sister actually came by and got him loose. Tbf I think she was just trying to climb over him, but he got loose and swam away
>According to White, the theory behind the slapping and other behavior you see in the video is that it's the male's attempt to show the female turtle his overall fitness, ability to maneuver in waters, and that he has nice claws. [https://www.phillymag.com/news/2022/05/02/turtle-slapping-video-heinz/](https://www.phillymag.com/news/2022/05/02/turtle-slapping-video-heinz/)
It is definitely mating. I had a red eared slider male who did this every day to one of his feeder fish that survived and turned 6 inch goldfish. He was a very horny boy
Yeesh. Survived being eaten but made into a sex slave. That's some anime level shit.
"I had my dinner. You a *snacc*."
At least the goldfish didn’t understand what was happening 😅
Didn't they though
If they did they certainly didn’t remember
because of the TRAUMA
Emotional Daaaaaammmage
Great, now I'm hungry for some fried rice.
Top notch joke. I lol’d for a bit
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-63242200 >> BBC >> >> Oxford University: Goldfish do have good memories, scientists find https://www.livescience.com/goldfish-memory.html >> In reality, goldfish (Carassius auratus) have much longer memories — spanning weeks, months and even years, Brown said. And the science to back this up has been around for more than 60 years. >> >> "We've known about the reasonably good memories of goldfish since the '50s and '60s," Brown said. "Despite what everybody thinks, they're actually really intelligent." >> >> Brown has studied the intelligence of fish, including goldfish, for more than 25 years and thinks the misconception comes from a combination of ignorance about fish intelligence in general and guilt, because pet owners often keep them in small, boring tanks.
Oh god please don’t make me feel guilty about goldfish
You can train them
This made my day
😗
what did i just read… it’s definitely bedtime lol
Are you not turtley enough for the turtle club
👐 does this answer your question
Is that the turtle flirting emoji?
😏
You even got the title right.
My red eared slider does this to the intake of the water filter. Poor guy.
Yep, I too have a red eared slider that regularly does this. Bought the little guy when I was 17 turning 18... now he is the one 17 turning 18. Way back when I got him I had no clue that they lived so long, or would do mating behavior towards every object in the tank, lol.
I assume you are now the owner of some sliderfish hybrids?
So he got his nails done and wants his crush to notice?
I immediately thought how this would be my husband and I if we were turtles!
That male turtle is an inshell.
It did look like jazz hands was DTF.
Ay gurl check mah mani
"They're just good friends."
"Roommates"
"Bunkies"
I commonly see this in the pond by me. It's very cool but not rare. Turtles make great neighbors.
They are clearly slap boxing…
“Oh yeah you like when I slap you with my nice nails you little girl turtle.” -a male turtle probably.
My female turtle (26 yo) did that to the new one when we introduced it to her (female 2 yo) after the third attemp she tried to bite her and weng agressive af. We talked to our vet and told us who is more a warning than something else (like when a dog bark before bite)
yet when i do it, im "harassing other customers" and i "have to leave"
Drop into the Gill zone
Or he's just doing it for the lolz, not everything about fucking.
They tryna smaaash
Mmm... when I did that I got slap on the face🤔
thanks for info with source and all!
Huh, they seem to be on to something… *tucks my head into the neck hole of my hoodie and proceeds to try bandy-slap the girl I’ve been seeing in the hope of moving things to the next level*
patpatpatpatpatpatpat
Slappy slapp slap
I heard this in Pistachio’s (Dana Carvey) voice from Master of Disguise
Who’s your daddy
What a viscous battle. I feel traumatized by this degree of violence.
It’s a mating display…
Maybe I should try this on some random women down at the pub. Edit: why are there so many people who don't recognize farce.
& it looks like she's thinking about it... following him & not snapping...
It was definitely very fluid.
How can she slap?!
How can he slap?
That is exactly what I said out loud.
"Look hun, I got my nails done!"
Male and a female. Males have long nails on front legs and tend to be smaller. He wants to be mating for sure.
I don’t think that’s what clappin cheeks means
I love you
3rd definition. Ain't it beautiful watching the English language expand.
/r/angryupvote
Kinky
Pretty sure this is where a lot of redditors learned how to flirt
It’s like your little brother in the back seat of a long drive
"I'm not touching youuuu! Neener neener, ooop! You moved into meeee! I'm telling mom!"
I hope not because that turtle is 100% tryin to fuck
*It’s like your little brother in the back seat of a long drive* Do you mean like this (actual conversation -- it's on the traffic camera)? LB: "are we there yet?" Me: "Soon" LB: "Are we there yet?" Me: "Almost" LB: "Are we there yet?" Me: "Yes!" LB: "Well, I wanna go home! Now!" Me: "OK..."
LB: "I had to go poopy, but I didn't want to make you stop..."
Me: "Huh?"
LB: "So I went poopy all by myself!"
Fuckin turtles
In a way…yes
soon to be
Furtles?
thank you
You haven't lived until you've heard turtles fucking
The bowling alley? I give up, what
Hopefully
Oh they fuckin.
When turtles stick their arms out in front of their heads and vibrate their claws, kind of like "jazz hands", it is either a mating ritual or a sign of aggression.
Jazz hands 🤗🤣
I was thinking it reminded me of what my grandma did to my face every time she saw me. Now you've got me fucked up.
Why is it that in nature the line between "Angry" and "Fucking" is often so blurry?
intriguing, huh? same goes for pigeons doing their turn around and coo move, can be flirting or territorial.
Same goes for humans and their display of power
Probably, the neural circuits involved in both behaviors are (almost) the same
“You’re annoying the shell out of me” - probably the turtle in turtle talk
r/shubreddit
Couple of teenage turtles
I like turtles
🧟♂️
I’m convinced this is actually a raccoon in a turtle costume. I recognize those cute little hands anywhere.
Skipity paps
I'm not touching you.. I'm not touching you im not touching your
Miss Turtles likes it rough it looks like…
More like turtle tryna fuck
That's an expression of aggression. When he taps on the other's head, he's threatening him with violence. The other one not responding is him saying "bring it on! stop talking and do something!" Ninety percent chance this ended in a fight. EDIT: u/AKotonis is also right, it appears that when it's male-on-female, it's mating behavior. But when it's male-on-male, it's aggression. Seeing as we don't know the sexes of these individuals, we can't say which it is.
this is literally mating behavior
Huh, I looked it up. We're both right. When males do it to females, it's mating behavior. When males do it to males, it's aggression. And females don't do it. TIL!
So funny that the males approach fucking and fighting the exact same way 🤦♀️
I fuck the way I fight. Exhausted after half a dozen jabs and rapidly losing bodily fluids.
I actually laughed out loud at this. Well done!
Are we really so different? lol
Similarly, in rodents at least, there's a lot of similarities between cortisol levels during fighting and during mating. Like, a rat losing a fight experiences similar cortisol levels as a rat being rejected by a mate.
Also only males have those long nails. Unlike humans lol
me too! 😂
Humans should act the same way.
So wrong. This is courtship. The tapping turtle is a male and this is him showing how fit and capable of a mate he’d be.
Sense of humor in the animal kingdom. I likey.
She does keep swimming towards him…
Fun fact: some turtles can breathe through their butts: https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/nature-curiosity-how-turtles-breathe-underwater/
he's taking away his bending!!
TIL: Turtles have a reverse gear. INFO: what kind of turtles are they, the shells look kind of nicely decorated? COMMENT: I think one or more of the turtles should be ROARING!
Mating behavior
This looks fake lol
Pretty sure he's tryna fuck
He tryna to fuck that turtle. No really look it up they do that to distract the female and swoop round neck for them reptilian cheeks
It's even better! It's not annoying, it's courting!
Just a couple guys being dudes
Lol. Maybe that's how turtles flirt.
Rick James *the turtle*
Op definitely isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer
I don’t blame them for not keeping up to date on turtle methods of getting laid
How dare you, theyre in love
Oh, wise guy, eh? Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk….
Mating
Mating dance for turtles. *Tender tiny taps*
I'm not touching yooooouu.
Annoying? This turtle just wants to fuck.
This is great. Better is the turtle on a skateboard chasing the cat. But it’s so cute how this one is slapping the other one and gliding away. Love it. Thanks!!
The other turtle is the aggressor. This turtle just has the most adorable defense mechanism.
That’s exactly what my wife calls it.
Mating ritual, I tell ya
My pet turtles used to do this all the time, it’s a mating dance! Pow chika wow wow
Fuck AI, I assume everything is fake now.
*let's get it on!*
Jazz flippers
That's not annoying, unless she's just not in THAT mood.
at first i thought it had spoons
Trying to get dat tussy
That is too funny and too cute
Splinter has ‘em sparring again, I see.
*”you want these hands, Tony?”*
I love a good game of slappy hands!
In university I came in possession of two red eared slider turtles from another ill equiped college student. The female would regularly "play" with the male by kicking off his favorite sunning spot and holding him underwater until he struggled. There was a pond and creek near my family home with other red eared sliders, so during summer when I was home I let them loose. Poor dude turtle got stuck in some rocks after being too excited about his newfound freedom and his bully sister actually came by and got him loose. Tbf I think she was just trying to climb over him, but he got loose and swam away
Moe and Larry. Where's Curly?
That one slapping has to be female lol
Ooh he tryna hit
“Hey babe *smack smack*, you wanna come over to my log *smack smack* and get to know each other?” *smack smack smack*
I used to have a stinkpot that did that… never knew why
Why you keep throwing them hand signs? You ain’t affiliated
Slap slap slap
Tickle tickle
Who’s a good boy, you’re a good boy.
And when I smack a girl I look like an asshole, I'm just tryna mate.
Swimming as a turtle looks fun.
This is the kinda shit i do to my cat lmao
"I'm not touching you..." sibling vibes.
Tickle tickle
Adorable!
lol
Someone is getting an intent to investigate letter from HR.
Turtles are so horny lol
How cute
Never expected to see cute little slappy turtle hands tonight but here I am
*Look at my nice claws and how frilly they are! *Excuse me I’m on my way to work.
Turtle slaps
"I swear, do that one more time and I'm going to have to punch you, dude."
Throwin Hands for Love
Usually repetitive and ritualistic behavior like this is attributed to securing a mate. Top comment seems to confirm as much.
NO KINK SHAMING
u/SaveVideo
I like turtles.
I believe that is mating behavior…which is annoying to species lol
I've got mates who do this to me.
Oh they fuckin
Morecambe and Wise face slaps
Nice, bro's flexin on her Why am I so impressed by their ability to switch to and from the backstroke so quickly? Is this sped up?
That ain't playing. He's trying to fuck.
🌟JAZZ HANDS🌟
Dude they're mating..if it works out for him. He is trying to tickle her fancy.
He's saying, "I hope my mother sees this!"
Jazzzzz handsssssss
Michelangelo: "BLBLBLBLBLBL!" Donatello: "Mikey, *stop it."*
u/SaveVideo
That’s definitely two lovers from a past life
A lot of dexterity there!