Or is this some undocumented ability of all turtles - that of detecting pot from afar?

And aren't turtles normally water-dwelling?

"the middle of a covert marijuana field."

"suspicion of growing ten cannabis plants."

Since when did ten plants equate to a field?

I clearly must have fields full of roquet plants in my window box!

Friggin' turtles always messing up my fees-paying plantation...!

Well, given that this is the first turtle who once in its life passed through some plants, and there seems to be no correlation between cannabis plants and turtle walking patterns --- nothing to be dug up online --- isn't it more effective to let the rangers randomly walk through the habitat? But apparently there are enormous numbers of cannabis plantations on national parks and BLM grounds, with very little to link it to any specific criminal; given good climate, just sow and go harvest before someone else finds it.

OK, sometimes you get shootouts (with freeloading harvesters) and dead rangers because of this, so bullet-proof turtles might be the way to go.

Maybe the reporter helped with the stash before identifying the shelled animal.

Mines the hard one.

I can see it catching on.

The various governments are obviously now utilising other members from the animal kingdom and turning them for their own nefarious uses.

Nothing else for it, all turtles must die*

*Ok that may be a bit extreme but hey what’s the alternative no more pot???? no arrrrggghhh no!

"...but he probably never counted on a turtle with a tracking device leading us to that location and finding the field,”

_NOBODY_ expects the turtle with a tracking device! Amongst his weaponry are such diverse elements as fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pot.

Never mind the turtle, how come Chevy chase wasn't arrested if he was so close nearby?

... if it hadn't been for that pesky turtle!

Mine's the one filled with Scooby Snacks

The cops said COWABUNGAAAAAA when they found it. Use to love the tv series when I was a young un

Can you give it instructions with LOGO ?

It's unlikely that much (if any) of the park weed would produce a quality product. Removing 'cooking' weed from the local stash will just ensure the need to go to dealers thus draining the resources of students and at the same time encouraging the criminal side of supply.

If you dont pen a script for that then im going to!

So, how about letting some of these loose in Iraq so that we can finally find some WMD ?

OTOH, considering the excessive Ganja Patrol in the US, would it probably be accused of being WMD ?

Ogden Nash wrote some words to accompany Sainte-Saens "Carnival of the Animals" which included this:

Come, crown my brow with leaves of myrtle;

I know the tortoise is a turtle!

bush tucker?

Preferably the playschool takedown of the weed grower. thanks

Park grown weed can be very good. If you're in the U.S. I'll be good money that quite a bit of stuff you've smoked was grown in park/BLM land. I was involved in a GIS project with NPS once and one of the layers was for "illegally cultivated pharmaceuticals" - it's a big, big issue since it's almost impossible to find except by accident - or turtle.

I'm not sure why people would think that the turtle "found" the pot... He's a flippin' turtle. He just walked into it and the ranger got lucky.

That'd be the the thing to do though. Sell GPS equipped turtles to the NPS, NFS, & BLM. I bet we could get $8k each out of them to search for "illegally cultivated pharmaceuticals".

And probably was getting slower and slower the further it went!

This happened three weeks ago. The Reg seems to be slacking off this week.

Oh, cut the limeys some slack. They're always hopeless about getting the names of things Murrican right, and it's mean, cruel, and heartless to expect them to clean their act up now.

But just in case, here's a crib sheet for those limeys who wish to try to improve their diction:

Most of the American states have a university called "University of <state name>". Many have another institution called "<state name> State University." Examples: University of Oregon and Oregon State University. Exception: State University of New York.

In addition, there are endless independent universities with a variety of names: University of Rochester, Rockefeller University, etc.

Generally "university" in the US means an institution offering graduate degrees typically leading to a PhD, whereas a "college" means a four-year institution offering only undergraduate (bachelor) degrees. Some colleges offer master's degrees as well.

Among the state institutions, many have multiple campuses and the location is used as part of the name. Thus you have UCLA meaning "University of California at Los Angeles", SUNY Potsdam for "State University of New York at Potsdam", and so on.

In some cases, the undergraduate division of a university is called "college". Yale University includes Yale College, Harvard University includes Harvard College.

Any general rule is guaranteed to have exceptions. Reference to an institution's web site is the easiest way to find out what they call themselves.

...of the pot calling the turtle back?

I'll get me coat.

...and of course Americans know the difference between a turtle and a tortoise...the tortoise is the one with the tortoise shell...

Long Live "The Teenage Ganga Turtles"...

...and who brought the Fritos?...I've got the munchies!

Flaming...'cause "where there's smoke, you had to have fire!

maybe "The Teenage Ganga Turtles"...

should read ""The Teenage Ganja Turtles"...