Chinatown
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IMDB rating: 8.50 Plot: Los Angeles detective Jake Gittes is hired by a woman claiming to be a Mrs. Mulwray to spy on her husband. Shortly after Gittes is hired, the real Mrs. Mulwray appears in his office threatening to sue if he doesn’t drop the case immediately. Gittes pursues the case anyway, slowly uncovering a vast conspiracy centering on water management, state and municipal corruption, land use and real estate, and involving at least one murder. |
Actors: Nicholson Jack,Huston John,Lopez Perry,Hillerman John,Zwerling Darrell,Jenson Roy,Polanski Roman,Bakalyan Richard,Mantell Joe,Glover Bruce,O’Rear James,Hong James,Crime,Mystery,Thriller,
what are the name of those tiny green turtles you buy illegally in chinatown?
theyre tiny and green, like the length of about a double AA battery and they seem to die pretty quickly. what are they called? are they really illegal.
They are hatchling red ear sliders. They actually are illegal in some states…
Charissa | Feb 01, 2010
I think they are red ear sliders. It depends on the state. Most states it is illegal to sell any turtle less then 4" across. The reason is that children put everything in their mouth.
Ganal | Feb 02, 2010
They are almost always red-eared sliders. Legality is a gray area. In theory federal law prohibits the selling of turtles smaller than 4" in shell length but there are exceptions. The one that might apply is that it is legal to sell them for educational purposes. You learn something from keeping a turtle, don’t you? At least, that is what a lawyer would argue.
oikos | Feb 02, 2010
Most of them are red ear sliders, although occasionally you will find yellow belly sliders or painted turtles being sold. They die quickly because people don’t know how to take care of them properly. They should live 20 years or more. Sadly, people are too dense to pick up a book or do a simple online search on how to take care of their animals, and they end up killing them way too early. Most of the ones you see for sale are, in fact, being sold illegally. It is illegal in the United States to sell a turtle with a shell length under 4 inches. The only exceptions are sales for educational purposes (purchaser should be able to produce proof that they are an educator) or sales between "reptile enthusiasts" (both purchaser and seller should be knowledgeable on all care requirements for the species being sold).
Penguin | Feb 02, 2010
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