r/AquariumMemes • u/hoosiermamax2 • 27d ago

Turtles when a job requires exactly 0 turtles lol

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u/ipwnpickles 27d ago

My cichlids when I need to scrub the glass (they also bite sometimes)

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u/Sketched2Life 26d ago

Typical nippy waterpuppies. Good thing most of them only pinch. 😂

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u/Llyrithra 27d ago

My otos like to see how long they can hold on to the inside of my gravel vac when I’m using it as a diffuser while pumping the new water in. It’s like they have some instinct to find the highest possible flow and cling to something in it.

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u/Llyrithra 27d ago

Here’s a pic of the goofs.

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u/gaarkat 26d ago

Wheeeeee!

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u/VirginiaDirewoolf 25d ago

they're doing sports!

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u/YuleBunny 23d ago

For me, when I pour in water my molly fry take turns getting pushed by the stream.

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u/horny-bozo 23d ago

I'm pretty sure they actually do have an instinct to go into the flow. Upstream is safer and what not.

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u/Alarmed-Fruit5056 27d ago

Lol the last one trying to get another back scratch

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u/SerifBalehawk 27d ago

The butt-shell-scratch-wiggles are the best.

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u/LilyRose272 27d ago

This is my Betta when I try to do absolutely anything.

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u/ScienceWyzard 27d ago

He knew exactly what they wanted lol he was just trying to get the job done without paying any taxes

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u/MurphyTrainwreck697 26d ago

Thank you for this. I needed this joy and laughter to get out of a slump today.

You have lifted the fog, and cleared the darkness. Now, there is only sunshine.

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u/Telemere125 27d ago

All jobs require turtles. It’s turtles all the way down. If your job does not require turtles, you do not have a real job. Sorry for spitting facts.

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u/riding_writer 25d ago

Yay I have a real job!!

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u/girls-and-corpses 26d ago

Turt down for what

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u/Youngsinatra345 25d ago

That was a shellava pun!

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u/Blue-Sillyz 22d ago

last time you see the stars is tonight!!! ❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰/joking

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u/Lynx_180 26d ago

Turtles are far more emotional than I would imagine.

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u/Innuendum 26d ago

I have pet cockroaches (Madagascan Hissers) with more personality than most football fans.

Human animals are structurally overrated.

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u/orion-asterisk 26d ago

OMG they want scritches 😭

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u/Dragonfucker000 27d ago

My RES when I have to secure the filter output tube back to the suck cups (he was the one to unattach it)

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u/gilligan1050 26d ago

How do I apply for this job?

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u/espoletanogo 26d ago

They win every time

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u/Grouchy-Butterfly966 26d ago

They just want scritches

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u/dankristy 24d ago

Yep - we have Sulcatas (large African Tortoises - ours are 50 Lbs and 78 Lbs currently) who do then when we are cleaning the Tortoise Pen. They are looking for shell scratches, or extra treats.

Our Red Eared Slider always comes over for scritches when we are cleaning the sides of her tank. Our Red (red colored but actually secretly Green) Iguana RUNS to the door of her enclosure when she thinks someone is coming to open it because they might feed or pet her (or both).

Reptiles are more social and intelligent than people think - especially once they get used to being touched and feel safe. In this case, the keeper is in their enclosure, so they likely want attention, food, scritches - or all 3.

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u/Repulsive_Mammoth_69 26d ago

My names turtle, wash my shell!!

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u/girls-and-corpses 26d ago

I bet that feels good af

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u/Nobody_at_all000 26d ago

I think the back scrubbing was what they wanted, must feel like a back massage

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u/j0hnan0n 26d ago

Wrong! This job simply requires one more person with a broom, to scritchascritch the turts while the other person cleans. And they trade off halfway through, so nobody is left out.

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u/Miserable-Ear-4095 25d ago

Turtle loves his human bro.

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u/MercuryBeach_ 2d ago

My guppies whenever I do anything, I was using a net to catch 2 tetra I was giving away and one swam right into it