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fuzzyblackyeti t1_j1nwkan wrote

Reply to comment by quitepossiblylying in Tiny, 'beautiful' endangered turtle hatchlings spotted in the wild for first time in four years by Sariel007

Because they took it from a quote.

>"They are absolutely beautiful, tiny turtles … about the size of a 20-cent piece with a beautiful distinct pattern on their back," Hunter Local Land Services' (HLLS) Rye Gollan said.

They wanted to have the order of the words as 'tiny beautiful' instead of 'beautiful tiny' so they "quoted" one part of their comment. If they would have said 'beautiful tiny' they would have quoted it like

>'Beautiful, tiny' endangered turtle hatchlings spotted in the wild for first time in four years

For whatever reason the author/editor/publication company didn't like how that was phrased and swapped it, but still wanted to quote them to give the title more merit.

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Delicious_Subject_91 t1_j1nxowt wrote

I'm going to pretend it's because the writer was like nah, I'm tired of having to lie about people's ugly babies.

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quitepossiblylying t1_j1o96f1 wrote

Thanks for taking the time to write such a well thought response to my glib comment.

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fuzzyblackyeti t1_j1o9c0f wrote

Haha, no I read the title and thought the exact same thing.

I was like, uhh does the author think they're ugly or something?

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