The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-01-31
WHY |SA TURTLE
WHEN He Fl0PS
ON HIS FL|PPERS?
Because You Give Him a Pain
Mailing Him to the Deck,
Professor Says.

Whatever . turtle u, Il isn't q tor.
teise. That goes.
A turtle may be an animal. Thsn.
too. the pesky thing may be reptile.
II may be cold blooded or warn
bloodSd-
But Il 10 no tortoise.
This dictum Of anatomical science
came to-day from DIR. II. E. shufeldt.
and he surely ought 70 know. He 10 re-
tired from the Medical Department Of
the United States Army and q member
OF many learned socistiss here ana
abroad. For years he had charge Of
the Department Of Comparative Anat-
omy Of the Smithsonian Institution. For
q year and q half he WAS head Of the
Department Of Comparative Anatomy
Of the Army Medical Museum and IN
the snrsson-Generars once Of the
United States Army. He has attended
many congresses OF anatomy and has
dissected fstles and turtles ad Lib. lie
has studied them since he was twelve
years old.
In short, DIR. Shufeidt Is the man
who put the m In the very flnlsh Of
nsh scisncc.
Dr.. Shufeldt was q States witness at
the prosecution OF Capt. Cleveland II.
Downs Of the Ward liner SARATOGA be-
fore Judge Swami In General Sessions
to-day for cruelty TO animals In that
he pierced the fiippera of some NAM
moth green turtles he was bringing up
from Cuba and tied them to the deck
20 they wouldn't Nip themselves to
death.
DR.. shufeidt swore that the nlppcrs
OF . turtle are keenly susceptible u
pain. They are. Indeed. Yes. they are
more susceptible TO pain than the
csrapacs or plastron. You don't know
what the csrapace or plastron are7 90
to the foot OF the class. bone-hsad
They are the upper and lower shelves
Of the aforementioned turtles.
ruNrLEs FLOP BECAUSE THEIR
FliPPERe HAVE NERVE.
The nIppers. went on the learned
anatomist. are agents OF exploration
and propulsion and are organs OF spe.
cial sense; they are sensitive organs. in
asmuch ~ nerves are distributed
through the !ntegurents OF the fllppcrs
The turtles have u highly nervous sys
TEN. as reptiles.
| The turtles Integuinents correspond
TO our rkin. The integument Ia yer,
thick and sensitive. but the nerves are
distributed In both tht carapace and
plastron. Once the ln,egument Is pierced
there Is pain. The inner part Of tn.
| Ripper ID more tender than the outer"
Dr. Shufeldt swore 4 WAS great tor
ture 10 L<ercs = turtles clippers and Il,
4 them taut. Ii was brutality, he said. tt
let = turtle lie on his back-"the creates
oil cruelty" he said.
"a turtle Is a tortoise. isn't IT," IN
terrupted Judge Swami.
1T surely is not" said Dr. shuteldt
"A tortoise Is "a land ANIMAL: u turtle 1,
u marine animal"
simple. Isn't "? Jus: like that.
No matter how good turtle soup ma
be the turtle himself never gets hun
cry. 1t In not harmful" said the do,
tor. ito give the turtle nothing To eat
They can live two or three year
without food. A short time ago I sen
an elghty-yrar-old turtle to the Lon
don Zoo. j. hadn', eaten for u year.
SO the high cost OF living does no
affect the turtle. even in It's old age.
DR.. Shufeldt told the jury the human
way to ship turtles was TO put them 1
crates with plenty OF seaweed. ~ the
could not thresh their nippers aroun
and get them sore and In that wa
unit them for the market
Assistant District Attorney MoCoi
mick. who Is prosecuting the case, wi
. probably end for the state to-day an
the deferse win have Its innings wit
; the turtlS tomorrow.