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A Harassed Turtle and Men Behaving Badly. A viral video showing Malaysian tourists roughly handling a turtle has triggered widespread outrage with strong complaints that irresponsible tourism is endangering the country's marine life. The 20-second clip shows some snorkeling jerk repeatedly grabbing the turtle by its shell and neck off Redang Island, part of a popular marine park. The Tropical Research and Conservation Centre Borneo stated, "This behaviour is deeply disturbing and concerning and should never be endorsed," which, we think, is too polite to convince many people to behave (South China Morning Post)...

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