diff --git a/bot/commands/turtle.py b/bot/commands/turtle.py
index 0ca43e0..9d3e058 100644
--- a/bot/commands/turtle.py
+++ b/bot/commands/turtle.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from telegram.ext import ConversationHandler, CommandHandler, MessageHandler, filters, CallbackQueryHandler
 from telegram import InlineKeyboardButton, InlineKeyboardMarkup
 from telegram import Update
+import re
+import random
 
 from .basehandler import BaseHandler
 
@@ -15,19 +17,38 @@ TURTLE_VIDEOS = list(TURTLE_VIDEO_LOCATION.glob("*.mp4"))
 class TurtleHandler(BaseHandler):
     def __init__(self):
         self.entry_string = "Variation of hallo"
-        self.handler = MessageHandler(filters.Regex(r"Hallo|hallo"), self.entry_point)
+        self.handler = MessageHandler(filters.Regex(r"[hH]([aA]+|[eE]+)[lL]{2,}[oOöÖ]+(le)?|(chen)") |  # react to hello strings
+                                      filters.Regex(b"\xF0\x9F\x90\xA2".decode("utf8")) |               # react to turtle emoji
+                                      filters.Regex(r"[sS](childkröte)|[tT](urtle)"),                   # react to turtle string
+                                      self.entry_point)
         pass
 
     async def entry_point(self, update: Update, context):
         await super().entry_point(update, context)
         msgtxt = update.message.text
-        if "hallo" in msgtxt:
-            vid = TURTLE_VIDEOS[0]
-            answertxt = "hallo1"
-        elif "Hallo" in msgtxt:
-            vid = TURTLE_VIDEOS[1]
-            answertxt = "Hallo2"
+        turtle_emoji = b"\xF0\x9F\x90\xA2".decode("utf8")
 
-        await update.message.reply_video(video=vid, caption=answertxt)
-        # await update.message.reply_text(text=answertxt)
+        if "hallo" in msgtxt:                                               # react to hallo
+            vid = TURTLE_VIDEOS[0]
+            answertxt = "Hallo!"
+        elif re.search("[eE][lL]{2,}[oO]", msgtxt):                         # react to hello
+            vid = TURTLE_VIDEOS[2]
+            answertxt = "Hello!"        
+        elif re.search("([aA]{4,}|[lL]{4,}|[oO]{4,}|[öÖ]{4,})", msgtxt):    # react to stretched hello
+            vid = TURTLE_VIDEOS[5]
+            answertxt = "That's a lot of letters!"
+        elif re.search(turtle_emoji, msgtxt):                               # react to turtle emoji
+            vid=TURTLE_VIDEOS[0] # TODO: choose video for smiley reaction
+            answertxt="Turtle detected! Self-destruction mode activated..."
+        elif re.search("[sS](childkröte)|[tT](urtle)", msgtxt):             # react to turtle string
+            vid=None
+            answertxt=turtle_emoji
+        else:
+            vid = random.choice(TURTLE_VIDEOS[1:2]+TURTLE_VIDEOS[3:5]+TURTLE_VIDEOS[6:])
+            answertxt = ""
+
+        if vid!=None:
+            await update.message.reply_video(video=vid, caption=answertxt)
+        else:
+            await update.message.reply_text(text=answertxt)
         
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