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WHAT\u2019S IN A NAME? <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

A bale of turtles<\/h4>\n\n
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Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtles bask in Ecuador <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

THE TERM \u2018BALE OF TURTLES\u2019 DERIVES MOST likely from the shape they take when huddled together in their shells: a bale being a large wrapped or bound bundle typically of paper, hay or cotton. One well-recognised feature of some turtles is their desire to group and team up to stay safe. Their other collective nouns include dule (from the French \u2018deuil\u2019 and some think a corruption of \u2018bale\u2019) as well as turn, dole and nest. <\/p>\n\n

Adam Jacot de Boinod <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

PHOTO: TURTLES: PAUL BERTNER\/MINDEN\/NATUREPL.COM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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