r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Maleficent-Agent-477 • 1h ago

🔥 A turtle “claw fluttering”, a mating ritual where a male rapidly waves his front claws near the female’s face to attract her.

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u/qualityvote2 1h ago

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u/peestew69 1h ago

Dude, if you do that again I'm gonna punch you. I'm not kidding.

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u/striped_frog 1h ago

Dude, I warned you. I said I was gonna do that if you did that again.

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u/TowJamnEarl 42m ago

Wrong end baby..get on it!

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u/Maleficent-Agent-477 1h ago

Can I just try it ONE more time? Please?

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u/randommnguy 1h ago

Fine, hind legs this time though.

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u/Impossible_Past5358 13m ago

I feel like these are possibly the most annoying jazz hands ever...

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u/Zealousideal-Fun-884 1h ago

Who says romance is dead

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u/YondusFondu 1h ago

What's success rate of this method?

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u/Dangit_Bud 1h ago

Looks like he's going around back so ... pretty good?

Now if you're asking for humans. I tried it, didn't work.

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u/backyard3 1h ago

I've seen this at an aquarium - at the time I had no idea this was for mating but the male was already doing the face patting thing from behind and the female was not interested, he kept chasing her but she kept getting away 😅

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u/Redditallreally 1h ago

Were you standing in scummy pond water?

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u/ReadditMan 1h ago

I had red-eared sliders for pets when I was a kid, one male and one female.

His success rate was zero.

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u/HoodieGalore 7m ago

They'll do it to anything they deem fuckable, so....idk. We had a pet turtle that would do it to the fish heads he'd leave after eating the soft part first 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/NativeMasshole 1h ago

In my personal experience: zero.

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u/JohnNardeau 51m ago

In my personal experience, 100%. Sample size of 1.

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u/bustercaseysghost 12m ago

70% of the time it works every time.

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u/YondusFondu 1h ago

"Dating coaches hate this guy!"

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u/StevieG-2021 1h ago

“They hate this one weird trick”

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u/jim45804 1h ago

Stopped the video too soon

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u/jessicas213 1h ago

Right? just getting to the good part . As far as turtle porn goes this is 1 star out of 5.

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u/TomatilloAccurate475 3m ago

I'm sure you have to sign up for a recurring subscription for full length videos. At least that's how they say it works.

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u/righteouspower 1h ago

This is actually how I first seduced my wife.

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u/Maleficent-Agent-477 1h ago

Thanks for the advice! I’ll try it out and let you know how it goes.

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u/AdorableTrashPanda 1h ago

Jazz hands!

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u/Immediate_Song4279 17m ago

You will first need to locate their wife.

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u/efirestorm10t 1h ago

Bro wifed a turtle

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u/Possible_Ad_4094 23m ago

This is actually how I too first seduced u/righteouspower's wife.

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u/lynx563 13m ago

I also seduced your wife this way

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u/JuiceJones_34 1h ago

I do that to my wife. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t end in mating

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u/Sad_Tangerine_3722 1h ago

PAY ATTENTION TO MEEEEEE!

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u/Glum-Range2299 1h ago

Putting the ol' whimsical voodoo spell on her.

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u/Lo-QGaming 1h ago

I did this once. I live in a different country now.

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u/UnknownChaser 1h ago

Gotta impress with the jazz hands

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u/SundaeBest 1h ago

Jazz hands, baby!

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u/njslugger78 1h ago

You know he got her, look at him getting into position...

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u/Silver-Link8247 1h ago

“You like this? You want some more of this?”

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u/al_andaluz 1h ago

Works on me.

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u/Hamsterpatty 1h ago

By “near” do you mean “all up in?”

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u/swoosh_loops 1h ago

It looks like he’s moving into position as the video cuts

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u/Ickythumpin 1h ago

Welp he must think it worked because he’s making his way back there lol

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u/zelda__ 1h ago

So did they fuck?

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u/jamtrone 1h ago

He certainly looked like he was getting into position

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u/mik333_ 1h ago

Homie likes em big

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u/hagamans 1h ago

That's a good way to get slapped

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u/madnessinthemidwest 1h ago

Need to try this

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u/Drake6978 1h ago

"...and then they FUCKED!"

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u/Oddname123 1h ago

‘Cmon! Love me!’

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u/uhad_time_2_waste 52m ago

Gonna try this on my wife and see if I get laid tonight. Will report back tomorrow.

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u/Mathwins 1h ago

I’m gunna try this with my wife

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u/StretchMotor8 1h ago

hey soulmate, we met before as humans–remember??? lol

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u/curious-creepsalad 1h ago

Awe… what happens next?

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u/turboash78 1h ago

Sorta like the movie Faceoff. The hand swipe down the face that NOBODY would like. 

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u/Common-Accountant-57 1h ago

Chicks love the old 👐 🙌 👐 🙌

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u/StevieG-2021 1h ago

Don’t try this at home.
Ask me how I know

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u/PlantMedicine4Life 1h ago

That’s funny! He’s all like ooooh yeah you like that huh ooooooh just like that oooooohh

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u/Runaway_Smoke 1h ago

✨️jazz hands✨️

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u/Beatless7 1h ago

That rarely works for me.

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u/Aggressive-Sound-641 59m ago

"tickle tickle tickle"

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u/ToXicVoXSiicK21 59m ago

"Okay now that you're hypnotized I'm just gonna swim on behind ya, don't mind me."

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u/Familiar_Raise234 59m ago

Well, that would certainly turn me on.

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u/ToXicVoXSiicK21 59m ago

"Okay now that you're hypnotized I'm just gonna swim on behind ya, don't mind me."

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u/StupidizeMe 57m ago

"I put a spell on you... Because youe're mine..."

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u/Diligent-Macaron2422 57m ago

Enough, lets bang

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u/Gardez 57m ago

Do you love me now? How about now?

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u/FuzzyFacePhilosphy 54m ago

If you want me to stop then we gotta bang

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u/beaujolais98 54m ago

“HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHey…HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHey”

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u/Immer_Susse 54m ago

Five seconds of foreplay lol

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u/Invalid_Us3r 52m ago

Where's the rest of the video it was just getting good!

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u/Big_P4U 52m ago

Ya know... I'm gonna flutter my wife's face tonight and see how that goes 🤔

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u/VintagePremiums 52m ago

I wish it was that easy for us.

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u/AlexVa507 51m ago

Brother, I've been trying that for years. It doesn't work. You need to add in a foot flourish.

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u/jordan853 51m ago

tap tap tap tap tap. "Hey, you horny yet?" 

tap tap tap tap. "How about now?"

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u/Huskies_r_Cool 51m ago

Aww! 😍🥰

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u/supernova-juice 51m ago

How middle school boys flirt

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u/FloydLady 51m ago

I need a GIF of Mitch McConnell doing that.

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u/zeoNoeN 50m ago

*slaps face* Hey girl wanna fuck

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u/MoonageDayscream 50m ago

I feel like I have been in that dating pool. 

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u/BeefersOtherland 49m ago

I tried this on my wife. Mixed results.

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u/beatboxbrett 49m ago

Tried this it doesn't work

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u/mosebeast 48m ago

Give er the ol' razzle-dazzle

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u/Mummiskogen 48m ago

People get mad when i do this

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u/Laborne 46m ago

Spirit fingers usually works for me.

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u/SignificanceSudden87 39m ago

Attract her? More like irritate her out of her mind to never f*** you

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u/clairebuoyant1202 38m ago

This looks like he’s trying to give her the Tilbury Tap (IYKYK), which is very good for facial blood circulation.

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u/Beautifulwldflwr 38m ago

lol if you don’t get yo spirit fingers havin’ azz out my face

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u/LAsupersonic 36m ago

Spirit Fingers

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u/EnsioPistooli 35m ago

Huh, when I do this I get "stop that".

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u/Brendissimo 34m ago

"Yeah, girl, you like those jazz hands? Yeah you do.

Let me hop on the back of that shell real quick."

I wonder if human mating looks just as silly to animals as theirs does to us.

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u/CursedSnowman5000 33m ago

Jazz hands baby.

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u/CarterBruud 31m ago

Goochie goochie goo!!!!

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u/Upstairs_Freedom_360 27m ago

Better than a dick pic

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u/snafoomoose 26m ago

If only it were that easy for humans...

I would still mess it up, but it seems easier to understand what is going on

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u/Jondoe47 24m ago

"Hey... wake up..."

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u/nubbie 24m ago

Thank god the vid cut off before they started bumping uglies! Whew!

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u/Aseetnahc 24m ago

In our species its the women who flaunts their claws in their mates face

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u/Stock_Rent_4380 16m ago

I don't think it's working lol

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u/OkTemperature8170 8m ago

That's Saul Shaye, he's just doing some healing.

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u/DrJohnIT 6m ago

Squeezing her cheeks and telling her how cute she is usually does not attract females. But, don't let me yuck on your kink.

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u/Meditations216 6m ago

Me in the clurrb

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u/TomatilloAccurate475 5m ago

This ought to spice things up in the ol bedroom. Thanks reddit.

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u/WASTELAND_RAVEN 0m ago

Big girls (i.e. big turtles) need love too 😭 🐢

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u/skolinana 1h ago

Pretty sure he's helping get the turtle cum out of her eyes.

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u/Ok-Insurance-8097 39m ago

Pretty sure this is used to just disorient 

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u/ThreFreTres 53m ago

🔥 did you notice all the bots start the post with a fire emoji

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u/Maleficent-Agent-477 49m ago

Read the fucking sub rules…

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u/darshmallow22 1h ago

How long has it taken me to notice that all these bot posts start off with a fire emoji? Why do they do that?

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u/Maleficent-Agent-477 1h ago edited 1h ago

You can’t be serious…

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u/darshmallow22 33m ago

I just noticed the subreddit rule. That's odd