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A clunky and monsterous looking snapping turtle was recently found in Prineville Reservoir – and was quickly killed; sort of like a door man keeping out the dorky and uncools.

As reported and circulating on Yahoo News, the turtle not only is fu-ugly, it is an invasive species – and could disrupt the ecosystem.

See smiling photos of the biologist holding the unsmiling turtle.

This article appears in Oct 17-23, 2013.

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Ugly Turtles Not Welcome?

by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon
October 23, 2013

<h1>Ugly Turtles Not Welcome?</h1> <p class="byline">by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />October 23, 2013</p> <p>A clunky and monsterous looking snapping turtle was recently found in Prineville Reservoir - and was quickly killed; sort of like a door man keeping out the dorky and uncools. </p> <p>As <a href="http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/prehistoric-looking-alligator-snapping-turtle-is-not-wanted-in-oregon/" target="_blank">reported and circulating on Yahoo News, the turtle not only is fu-ugly, it is an invasive species - and could disrupt the ecosystem.</p> <p>See <a href="http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/prehistoric-looking-alligator-snapping-turtle-is-not-wanted-in-oregon/" target="_blank">smiling photos</a> of the biologist holding the unsmiling turtle.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/ugly-turtles-not-welcome-2296357/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=24298&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/ugly-turtles-not-welcome-2296357/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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