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Painted Turtle

Kelly's turtle

An Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina caroline) waiting to cross Hawkin Rd. in Burlington County, NJ. Although this seems like a peaceful county road, the turtle had had at least one near-miss previously (more here).

_MG_9998.jpg by Ryan Gordon

Turtle by Tom Flaherty

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I liked the colors on this one. The 100-400 worked fine you just need to back off to 5-ft.

turtle by elainealster

Turtle (detail) by Michael JasonSmith

I have the same delight about turtles that some have about seeing a kangaroo in the wild.

Turtle by hasara.f

Honeymoon-Athens_294 by j.will

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Turtle loose in the botanical gardens

Painted Turtle. by cheasepeake

Turtle laying eggs.

Curious Turtle by Brad Smith

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On Grand Bahama Island. He kept coming closer and closer to get a look at me.

Caught in the act by Ben Martinek

you get the idea.

Turtle 952917 by Mary

Photo 27 - 2010-06-20 by kerok pics

Turtles at Makena Beach/Makena Landing in Maui.

Photo credits primarily Allen Tabisola, secondarily Eric Williams and Renee Dimond

A turtle in my grandma's hand by Enrico Vezzù

Turtle by MikeeDinh

A day at the Churaumi Aquarium

Komodo Dancer 033 by Don Ward

Same hawksbill.

Turtle by Machka Suruu

Turtle Turtle by Kyle Crawford

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My father always saves turtles along the road....I never even see any.

Turtle by Scott Hanko

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Dinoland

Walt Disney World-Animal Kingdom-Orlando Fl.

turtle 030 by Murielle Nicolas

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Digital image

Turtle by eyduck

Turtles- Middlesex NJ by AnimalPix

These turtles enjoy the sun at Victor Crowell (Willow) Park in Middlesex NJ.

Teeny Tiny Turtle by Courtney

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Turtle in the garden by andi_b_91

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Sunbathing Turtles by Ben Anderson Millington

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Turtles Galore by Greene County Public Library

Russian Turtle by Karla Carden

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snapping turtle 1 by dianabog 

Turtle by Mike Kiely

Turtle by Adrian Martel

Marathon the Tortoise by Wendy J. Bush

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Eastern Box Turtle by siouxjo

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This is what a Box Turtle is supposed to do when confronted by a predator, or, in this case, me. They have the ability to completely close themselves in.

Unlike the one that lives in my yard, this guy had the right idea - to slam shut!

Turtle by Janelle Gooch