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Yep, we got to see some pretty sweet giant turtles up close. The pictures required a lot of color correction to look decent.
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Meet Mr. Turtle...in my garden...
Most land tortoises are herbivorous, feeding on plant material, and have no teeth. The mouth forms a sharp-edged beak. They occur in the warmer regions of all continents except Australia. Tortoises have been known to live for 150 years.
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Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle (Notochelys platynota) - Danum Valley, Malaysia
Finding wild turtles in Malaysia was a rewarding experience, nearly all Asian turtles are threatened and this one is no exception, its currently listed as vulnerable on the IUCN redlist and its populations are decreasing. Luckily its safe in certain protected areas such as Danum.
Among the many kinds of wildlife at local parks like Reed Canal Park, here in South Daytona, Florida, are these lovely, little turtles. When I first came here, they were very timid, and when you walked out on the bridge over their habitat, and looked into the water, they would duck under, wary of being preyed upon. Now, after several years of conditioning by local residents, they wait under the bridge and actually come swimming up when they see people, and will stare right at you hoping for a handout! I don't feed them because it's a state law not to, and it causes them to lose their natural fear of people, which, unfortunately, helps keep them safe from their cruelty. Still, I do enjoy the interaction, and the EYE CONTACT!
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Apparently the folks at Bustani have a good enough habitat (with all those flower beds) to host a pair of ornate box turtles.
I'm told this was the female of the pair, but I didn't pick her up to verify...as I was told she tended to bite.
I've only seen this species perhaps 3 times in my life in the wild, so this was a nice sighting. I see usually other species of box turtle at my house, such as the three toed box turtle.
It's neither a teenager nor a ninja, but still...
About the Photo:
The photo was taken with my Nikon d7000. Before the photo was processed with the A10 preset in VSCO Cam, it was tweaked in the Camera+ app.
This young snapping turtle went about 10 inches across the shell, weighed around 2.5 lbs. I photographed him on the road at Bedford Mills, then carefull picked him up and moved him before he was hit. Note the duck-weed and filamentous algae covering his carapace. My wife did not appreciate my "turtle stink" when I got back in the car!
Not sure of the exact species
Probably a Leatherback Sea Turtle
It's about 100Kg (cien)
Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
Female Box Turtle. NE Arkansas.
Grassy field/marsh area.
She was headed in the direction of a pond and if you view "Original", you can see that she had just finished a snack of some sort. Most likely a nice big fat juicy slug by the looks of it.
Box turtles are the only turtle that has a hinge on the bottom of their shell so they can close themselves completely up.
Males usually have red eyes while the females have yellowish-brown eyes.
(That's how I knew she was a girl)
'Then the Queen left off, quite out of breath, and said to Alice, "Have you seen the Mock Turtle yet?"
"No," said Alice. "I don't even know what a Mock Turtle is."
"It's the thing Mock Turtle Soup is made from," said the Queen.'
Hawksbill Turtle from Asia
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