Apparently, so many newspapers say, people are flushing unwanted terrapins down the loo – thinking they may harm the environment if released into the wild – but they are surviving the sewage system and arriving in the environment anyway. Of course, these cute little creatures grow up and get to dinner plate size (or bigger) and start eating local plants and animals but, since they have no natural predators, continue to multiply potentially causing havoc. Hence the warning not to dispose of terrapins down the toilet. What should you do? Take them to the RSPCA I suppose.

chorus:

PLEASE DON’T FLUSH, PLEASE DON’T FLUSH,
YOUR TERRAPINS DOWN THE LOO.
OR YOU MAY LIVE TO REGRET IT,
COS YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY’LL DO.

verses:

GROW INTO GIANT NINJAS
IN THE SEWER OR THE DRAIN,
AND THEN YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS
WILL ALL BEGIN TO COMPLAIN.

THEY MAY LOOK SO VERY CUTE
IN YOUR AQUARIUM,
BUT OUT IN THE ENVIRONMENT
THEY’LL EAT UP EVERYONE.

THEY’LL SWIM INTO THE COUNTRY
THE RIVERS AND THE LAKES,
CONSUME ALL THE WILDLIFE
AND SO FOR GOODNESS SAKES.

UNTIL THEY GROW SO BIG AND STRONG
AND BID FOR WORLD DOMINATION
AND WE’LL HAVE TO CALL THE ARMY OUT
FOR TURTLE EXTERMINATION