A female Eastern box turtle called Turtle No. 72 has led Washington police to a well-tended marijuana garden in Rock Creek Park. The turtle is one of 135 wired animals with a small radio transmitter on its shell to provide scientists data on turtle movements. The six-inch turtle wanders through 50 acres near the District-Maryland boundary.

A woman from Elmira, New York got herself into trouble when she accidentally sold a ceramic turtle containing her husband's previous wife's ashes. Anita Lewis started taking items out of the house before her husband woke up to participate in the large rummage sale on Saturday. Since her house was full of ceramic turtles collected by her husband's late wife, Marcia Lewis, she selected a large brown one out to be sold.

Adams County officials made a surprise discovery Monday while investigating the source of a drain blockage. The log jam, which the officials had earlier thought to have been caused by a turtle, turned out to be due to a full-fledged alligator. An expert at the site estimated the alligator to weigh about 120 pounds and was between seven and 20-years-old at the time of its death, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.

A red-eared slider turtle is reported to be doing fine after it spent nearly ten minutes in the belly of a golden retriever. The incident happened last week when Bella the dog, mistakenly or mischievously, gulped down Pepper the turtle from the bathtub it was placed in by 12-year-old Shelby Terihay. The mischief was discovered by Shelby's father, Todd Terihay, when he saw Bella standing inside the bathtub in which Pepper was placed along with its four fellows. At the sight of Todd, the dog hopped out of the tub smacking her lips. A quick count of turtles revealed that Pepper was missing.

Unfortunately, there was no one else around to blame. A hungry turtle who munched on Brussels sprouts managed to create big enough bubbles with his flatulence that it actually set off the fire alarm at the Sea Life Center in Weymonth in the UK. The flatulence was strong enough to set off the sensors throughout the aquarium, according to Marine Biologist Sarah Leaney. When Leany raced to the aquarium, she thought it odd to find the place relatively calm and quiet. According to the Daily Record, she says: "When I got there, all seemed fine. I looked at the tube containing the sensor and saw a turtle beneath it. As I watched, a few large bubbles emerged from beneath him and rose to the surface next to the tube. "