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A Painted Turtle shedding scutes

 

I'd never seen this phenomenon before, and after taking this shot, I did some research.

trekohio.com/2012/08/15/wild-turtle-with-shedding-shell/

 

Coincidentally, just a few days later my friend Oldbeak posted a similar shot taken in CT, and it turned out to be new to her too. I only recently unearthed my pics from the memory card, though.

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