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Saturday, January 8, 2022

Funzo's Birthday Blues

 Meet Funzo, the local turtle who was cyberbullied on his birthday

The National Aquarium in Baltimore couldn't let the birthday of Funzo, the pig-nosed turtle, pass by without remembering to make a social media shout-out.  What they perhaps did not remember was that people on the internet are awful, and that there were an unfortunate number of comments making fun of/expressing disgust at Funzo's appearance.  Fortunately, the lovable turtle had defenders as well who rallied to say that no, the turtle wasn't ugly, the haters were.  I like to think that, if nothing else, the post spread some awareness about Funzo and his species and got at least some people thinking of just how remarkable turtles are.  #JusticeforFunzo!

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