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Box Turtle?

I adore Wood Turtles....and this cuteness made my day!

Sunning himself by the side of the road.

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Found near Horseshoe Lagoon on the Murray River on the Border of NSW & Vic

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto land to sunbathe.

It is named not for the color of its shell, which is normally brown or olive depending on its habitat, but for the greenish color of its skin.

Green sea turtles are able to hold their breath for hours at a time. Because they are cold-blooded, the temperature of the water affects their ability to hold their breath. In colder water they can hold their breath for longer.

A turtle relaxing, attempting a yoga locust pose it seems :-)

Blandings Turtle. My wife received 15,000 mosquito bites getting this pic. in Deerfield County Park Michigan

Pulau Sipadan, Malaysia

Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) near the water in Greenwood, Maine (Western Maine).

Baby snapping turtle in Windham, NH

fresh water turtle of some kind

yet another turtle angie found in the cemetery.

Turtle eating soft coral

Tortuga

Trachemys scripta scripta

Prints: daniel-eskridge.artistwebsites.com/featured/sea-turtles-d...

Somewhere in ocean shallows, a group of sea turtles swims among underwater rocks. Seaweed and urchins cover the rocky walls of the aquatic seascape, while bubbles rise to the surface from the deep. Meanwhile, rays of sunlight cut through the water, broken by the rippling surface of the sea above. The five ancient sea creatures swim slowly and majestically by the viewer through the blue undersea world.

This is the second in my series featuring sea turtles. All three can be found in my Aquatic Life gallery: daniel-eskridge.artistwebsites.com/art/all/aquatic+life/all .

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A male Northern Map Turtle basking on a log early in the morning in Bucks County, PA

Turtles at Gulf World

Cute little turtle sunbaking

At the turtle farm

Mr. Turtle was living dangerously on the road, so we helped him out.

I am NOT coming out to play - and you can't make me!

Redirected this little guy from the middle of the road.

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Missouri turtle :)

I came across this turtle as she was laying her eggs about 15 feet from the edge of the water. She had formed a hole with her back feet, and was covering the eggs as I watched. When I passed by a couple of hours later, she was gone but it was easy to see where she left her eggs. I'm not convinced she picked the safest spot, guess we'll see in a couple of months when they're due to hatch.