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Jenny Wren is a Boykin Spaniel trained to find and retrieve turtles so they can be studied and released (infosec.pub)

submitted 6 hours ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/animalswithjobs@lemmy.world

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Source: https://greensborosciencecenter.wordpress.com/2015/07/30/the-tale-of-two-turtle-dogs/

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

A mouthful of salmonella.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 1 points 23 minutes ago

It’s a turtle not a salmon.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I mean, you are not wrong. Dogs are more resilient to it, but they can still get sick.

[–] slemptastrophe@piefed.social 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (3 children)

I read that as Borkin Spaniel at first.

edit: accidentally a letter

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

She wants to bork but she has too much turtle in her mouth

[–] AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 3 points 3 hours ago

I read it twice and still managed to misread as Brooklyn.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

I mean, that’s probably an accurate name, too.