Editing Red-eared slider (section)

==In popular culture==
Within the second volume of the ''[[Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', the popular comic-book heroes were revealed as specimens of the red-eared slider. The popularity of [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|the Ninja Turtles]], coupled with the release of the first [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|live-action film]], led to a craze for keeping them as pets in [[United Kingdom]], with subsequent ecological havoc, as turtles were accidentally or deliberately released into the wild.<ref>{{cite news |title='Hero Turtle' craze leads to duck deaths |date=2001-11-16 |department=England |publisher=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1660334.stm |access-date=2009-02-28}}</ref>

A [[two-headed]] Red-eared slider, born in 2015, is owned and cared for by [[Will Kirby|Dr. Will Kirby]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tharp |first=Sharon |date=2025-04-14 |title=Big Brother's Dr. Will Kirby Introduces His New Two-Headed Turtle |url=https://parade.com/news/big-brothers-dr-will-kirby-introduces-his-new-two-headed-turtle-exclusive |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Parade |language=en}}</ref>