Recently I was telling an African turtler about another researcher who was all annoyed that other people were starting turtle work in the same region even though the projects did not overlap and had different objectives. Quite baffled by the attitude of this researcher, his wonderfully succinct and colorful response was, “Mais la tortue n’est pas sa femme!” (= But the turtle is not his wife!).

PS - He did add later that the philosophy, “Mais la tortue n’est pas son mari” (= but the turtle is not her husband!) is just as applicable!