Sea Turtle

Sea Turtles are a marine species of turtle, not to be confused with the land-dwelling Koopas or Shellcreepers.

Sea Turtles appear in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat not as allies or enemies, but as rivals Donkey Kong races in the Pear Kingdom. If Donkey Kong doesn't get first place, he will still beat the level, just not get many beats. Minus the different skin and shell coloration, all three of them look exactly the same.

Each of the three Sea Turtles will always take one preset path through the course, and will always place in one set position:


 * The light-shaded Sea Turtle is placed first.
 * The dark-shaded Sea Turtle is placed second.
 * The middle-shaded Sea Turtle is placed third.

If Donkey Kong finishes first, they will clap their flippers together in applause.

Trivia

 * Coincidentally, sea turtles were first mentioned in the Super Mario Bros. film when Luigi was driving with Mario to a plumbing job. When Luigi made a right turn instead of a left based on his feelings, much to Mario's annoyance, he justified his decision by saying he had read that seas turtles navigate thousands of miles on instinct. Mario retorted that they did not do that in Brooklyn traffic.