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08:07 May 26th, 2006

I’m sorry, Dr. Turtle doesn’t take your health insurance…

Posted by: Robert Basler
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A nun holds a terrapin, whose touch believed to cure rheumatism and other bodily ailments, as she prepares to treat the face of a villager in Kandal province,  west of Phnom Penh, May 24, 2006. Belief in the supernatural healing powers of animals such as turtles, cows and snakes is a relatively common phenomenon in Cambodia. REUTERS/Chor Sokutnhea

4 comments so far

Disparraged by many years of unsuccessful acne medicines and treatments Lucy decided to save up and pay for the rare AnitZitian turtle treatment which entails a 2 hour ritual with an endangered turtle indegenous to the area.

Proven to cure even the most severe acne the turtles Nasal leakage is extracted by what is commonly known as AnitZitsneez dusting which is acheived by Dusting the turtles nose with a fine powder which induces a powerful sneeze in which the turtle sprays its mucus on the persons face thereby wtfpwning the person in the face and curing the said acne.

The rented use of the turtle for the degrading yet miracle procedure is said to cost several thousand dollars because the turtle is so rare and requires nearly a month to recover and produce enough fluids for another application.

Peta has protested the use of these turtles in such a manner and plans to boycott all of cambodia is the abuse does not stop. Cambodian villagers reportedly told them to bugger off.

The Cambodian Government has hired scientists to extract and break down the chemical agents in the nasal fluid to find what it is that causes it to work so well, so far the report has been classified, but it is speculated that the agent is a complex protien dubbed pwnurface.

- Posted by Daniel

Terrapin: Currently in Phase I clinical trials.

- Posted by Paul DeMartino

This is pretty much why third world countries stay third world countries. Too much superstition and lack of education…

- Posted by rob

I’m gonna cure this here girl, and then i’m still gonna beat that pesky hare…

- Posted by Melly

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