Couple Of Bro Dudes Get Torn Apart On The Internet For Surfing On An Endangered Turtle

Fraser – A GOLD Coast man has landed himself in hot water after posting a photo of himself and a friend ‘surfing’ a beached turtle on Fraser Island.

Ricky Rogers posted the photo to his Facebook account of himself posing with the animal – mistakenly referred to as a tortoise – while visiting the island yesterday.

“Surfed a tortoise on zee weekend.. gnarly duddddeeeee (sic),” the caption read.

The post was shared by another user – who wished to remain anonymous – with the incident also reported to the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection.

“When your brain is the size of a peanut, your thought process is ridiculous. Share this around and let’s see if we can get this fool a nice hefty fine.#fraserisland,” his post read.

So far, the photo of Mr Rogers standing on top of a turtle has been shared more than 2400 times and has garnered more than 700 comments of mostly outraged people.

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There are two things that make you the biggest dumbass on the internet in 2016: blackface pictures and pictures with dead/dying/injured/endangered animals. I mean how many times do people have to see this happen before they realize it’s a bad idea? Cecil The Lion dentist getting practically manhunted, that Texas cheerleader getting flooded with death threats, dozens of other examples of the exact same thing. People love animals bro. People love animals more than people. You could post yourself surfing on the body of a dead human being and you would get less social media outrage than doing it on an endangered species. Gotta be smarter, don’t care how gnarly dudddeeeeeee it is.

And maybe you have thick skin and DGAF about people being mean on Twitter, but those angry mobs with their pitchforks almost always bring attention to the police or other authorities, who then arrest or fine your ass. Like the $20K each of you are facing now.

The men photographed posing while standing on a turtle on Fraser Island could face fines of up to $20,000 if found to be interfering with a natural resource, according to the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

The initial Facebook post showing the two men standing on top of the sea turtle has now been shared more than 9000 times and has more than 1000 comments, mostly from outraged people.

But it could a costly mistake for the young men.

A spokesperson from the QPWS said rangers were investigating the incident.

Beached turtle surfing, bad idea, lesson learned.