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I am a little upset that this is the last cartoon Wild Fact. It was a ton of fun finding out the type of animals some of my favourite childhood cartoon characters were based off of. We are going to end this weeks very special edition of Cartoon Wild Facts with one of my personal favourite characters. Actually, it is four cartoon characters that go by the name of Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and of course Michelangelo. Yep, we are headed to the sewers of New York to learn more about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Before they were transformed into crime fighting, pizza eating heroes in a half-shell they were baby Red-Eared Sliders.<\/p>\n

The Red-Eared Slider is a semi-aquatic turtle that was originally from the Southern United States, however, they can be found anywhere since they make great pets. Perhaps this is why Splinter wanted to hang onto them – they were just his pets.\u00a0 As you can imagine they get their name from the obvious red mark around their ears.\u00a0 Don’t even bother going back to the TMNT cartoon to see if you can spot it since their ears are covered up by their coloured bandannas.\u00a0 Oh yeah, and the slider part is simply because they can easily and quickly slide off the rocks and logs to get back into the water (or sewer). \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Red-Eared Slider does have some traits that would help them become crime fighting ninja’s.\u00a0 The real life version of the Red-Eared Slider is deceptively fast and an awesome swimmer.\u00a0 Granted they don’t know how to use nunchucks but they can still use these two features to catch their prey.\u00a0\u00a0 So what do they use their ninja like skills to catch?\u00a0 Well, other than pepperoni and anchovy pizza they feed on snails, crickets, worms, tadpoles, fish, crayfish and of course a nice healthy dose of aquatic vegetation.<\/p>\n

Red-Eared Slider Fast Fact – <\/strong>A common misconception about this specific turtle is that they don’t have saliva.\u00a0 Well they do but the Red-Eared Slider also has a fixed tongue and as a result can only eat in the water.<\/p>\n

TMNT\u00a0 Fast Fact – <\/strong>As you may have guessed the Ninja Turtles were all named after Renaissance men.\u00a0 The leader of the group was named after Leonardo da Vinci, while the fun-loving comic relief Michelangelo was named after Michelangelo Buonoratti.\u00a0 The other two turtles were named after the famous artist and sculptor Donatello and the very talented painter and architect Raffaelo Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael.\u00a0\u00a0 One last side note – in real life, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael formed the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.\u00a0 They also kicked the snot out of Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady!<\/p>\n

Unfortunately that is the last cartoon Wild Fact.\u00a0 Perhaps we will start this up again in the future since it was a lot of fun.\u00a0 Have a great weekend everyone.\u00a0 Before I go I wanted to provide you with a YouTube link to the Ninja Turtles Opening Theme.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I was unable to embed the video into the post.\u00a0 Definitely check out the link though for some late 80’s memories.\u00a0 Here is the link:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=avHVOHsN3T0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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