Tuesday, Aug. 5,
2014-FOX23.com-Oklahoma
From their home in the storm sewers of Manhattan,
four Ninjitsu-trained turtles, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello and
their sensei, Master Splinter, battle evil. Stars: Megan Fox, Will Arnett,
William Fichtner, Noel Fisher
By Cliff Judy
And how could any child of the '80s or '90s—
while staying loyal to the original brand — not at least be curious about what
the latest version of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" will bring to the big
screen?
But The
Daily Beast notes a beef environmentalists in the United Kingdom
have with the half-shell heroes that dates back to those original years. Turns
out, turtles as pets turned the red-eared terrapin from the U.S. into an
invasive species in the U.K.
Apparently in the early '90s, the
turtles invaded the UK in a very real, non-cartoony
way.
British children began buying up red-eared
terrapins at pet stores, and it's easy to see why. They're cute as babies. This
YouTube user named all these turtles Michaelangelo after the TMNT character.
(ViaYouTube / thomodachi)
But they soon grow to adults — full size of about a
foot long, and pet owners often abandoned them in ponds instead of buying a
new tank. Big problem when you consider they eat ducklings, small water
birds and amphibians. (Via YouTube
/ expertvillage) (Editor of HD-I’d contest the birds
part)
The founder of a British wildlife rescue
organization told The
Daily Beast, "They’re quite a voracious animal as far as the
diet. They can eat so many things that they are detrimental to the actual
balance to the nature and waterways once they get introduced to
them.”
Ironically, throughout the cartoon or costumed
existence of TMNT, the brand promoted environmentally friendly
messages.
The movie already upset some die-hard fans with
various moves like the casting of Megan Fox as April O'Neil, Michael Bay's hints
that the turtle origin story might turn them into aliens, and then Paramount
Pictures tweeting a poster of the turtles jumping from an exploding building
many felt was too 9/11-ish for a movie based in New York City.
Paramount quickly apologized for that last one and
pulled the poster.
The chairman of the British
Chelonia Group — chelonia is the scientific classification for
turtles — issued a statement saying it'd be nice if producers would issue their
own statement warning against impulse turtle buys. Doesn't sound all that
likely to us, but then again, neither does a cartoon causing an environmental
crisis.
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