no, that was a real turtle...erica and cofn live in an apartment and right behind it is a little lake, the turtle must have came out of there but reese and cofn got it out with a net. it was the ugliest turtle i ever seen, some softshell turtle i think is what it was called. but the stupid thing got into the pool and couldnt get out and it would have eventually died cuz of the clorine in the pool. so they saved its life.