Special Durtle Sightings

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It’s been brought to my attention that recently sightings of special durtles have been made, some simply taking on a new profession, others having evolved into new hybrid species. If you see one, please share a screenshot with your study streak to support our scientific research into this new phenomenon. Please also include additional observations about potentially relevant events or conditions that may have caused the appearance.

For example:

A ‘pirate durtle’ was first sighted on the 588th day of my ongoing streak—

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Guide to Conducting Durtle Research

  1. Add the Study Streak Widget to your Dashboard

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  2. Check your Streak Widget at least once a week and when you spot a new durtle, right click on your mouse and hit Inspect to identify the name of the special durtle

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  3. Search for “study-streak-widget__day-icon” and share the svg image link

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Research Findings
  1. A special durtle appears every 42 days.
  2. There are likely 20 special durtles in existence as of 3/6/26.
  3. Durtles are sorted alphabetically.

:durtle_megane: Durtle Tracker :compass: :magnifying_glass_tilted_left: :camera_flash:

日 day 名 name 住所 url 報告 report 意味 meaning[1]
42 alien svg here Hitchhiker’s Guide
84 berry svg here Pokemon, Bar Hashi, Strawberry Shortcake
126 bubble svg here Funkopop! #126
168 cool svg here Squirtle, MJ 168-02
210 cute svg here
252 cyborg svg here Metallo
294 durtle back svg here
336 eye svg here
378 fancy svg here
420 fred svg here Fred Savage
462 goopy svg here
504 horror svg here
546 neko svg here Catwoman
588 pirate svg here Pirate Life at 588 Hog’s Back Road, Ottawa
630 siesta svg here
672 spiky svg here
714 tentacle svg here
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798 yeehaw svg here
840 advanced svg here same as day 0
1050 cute svg here same as day 210
1428 pirate svg here same as day 588, (see Theorem of 20)
1638 yeehaw svg here same as day 798
1,764 berry svg here same as day 84
1806 bubble svg here same as day 126

The origin of this research project: [UPDATE] Study Streak Widget

A Treatise on the History and Culture of Durtles by @catwithcookiesandtea: (I), (II), (III)

More durtle research: WaniKani Assets Collection

  1. Feel free to propose additional theories. ↩︎

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i would also recommend looking at the url of the little fellas
mine is named fred and appeared on the 420th (nice) day

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OMG they have names? How do you check the URL?

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right click → inspect
the console will pop up showing the svg code, but if you scroll up just a little, there will be a link
does this work?

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I found it!! But mine is just named ‘pirate durtle’. :melting_face:

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lol!
well, maybe some others have more interesting names

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The strawberry durtle seems to show up on day 84. It’s apparently named “berry durtle”.

Edit: Accidentally wrote 85 instead of 84. I got it on day 84, but today was 85.

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Okay, new thought: The durtles we have discussed here have shown up on day 84, day 420, and day 588. These are all divisible by 7. Is it possible that there is a special durtle that shows up every X number of weeks? Maybe weekly or every two or three weeks? (That is, assuming that you have done your lessons every day for that number of weeks without missing a day.)

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They’re also divisible by 84. They’re 1, 5 and 7 times 84.

84 days is twelve weeks.

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Omg, we actually missed something THAT obvious? Good catch, I bet you are correct.

Mine was on 42nd day, it was posted on another thread:

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According to @JArien , it seems 42 also has special durtles. Thus 6 weeks seems to be the correct divisor.

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Ooh, I get to my 126 day streak in 2.5 more days so I will keep my eyes open :eyes:

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ooh ooh!
i know why the alien showed up on day 42! :3c
42, according to the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy is the answer to everything
there’s even a reference here
buuuut i don’t know that any generic three-eyed alien with antennae shows up in it
so the durtle itself is just a generic alien trope, but for sure 42 is a reference
is it too late to check the url?

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Ah, that’s a good point - I only considered the greatest common factor of the three numbers we had, but I didn’t occur to me to check for any notable smaller ones. 42 is an important number in its own right, not merely six weeks. :face_with_tongue:

The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, if you please. :slightly_smiling_face:

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hmmmm
aliens, pirates, and freds all have potential to be “savage” (how i, and probably others, say svg), but berries had me confused.
apparently berry savage is a mead?
it might be just a fun little thing they did because all the images on wanikani are svgs xD

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Thanks for starting the list! I added it to the initial post plus 2 more durtles from the other thread. :nerd_face:

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oh, sorry, it’s kind of messy xD
i was about to go looking for more, but got distracted reading other threads

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looks like it will be soapy

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Yeeeesss we must still confirm the name and url of durtle #126 :nerd_face:

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Sadly, yes, it is too late. My current day is the 51st, so the 42nd is already gone from the queue.