The best shot i took of a very large turtle breaking the surface in fetiye turkey

Keep the smallest creatures in mind during drought conditions..like this small turtle in need of a low drink of water. This is a small turtle, the shell about the size of a woman's fist. I saw him yesterday coming toward the water hose as I sprayed the dry flower bed near the street at my house. Today, he was in the back garden, travelling along the brick path, which must have been easier to navigate than the fairly tall grass of our lawn. I quickly found this pot saucer and filled it with water for him. He hid under the upside down container you see at top of the frame. I flicked water on him, and he lowered his head to suck water off the bricks. It was obvious he was extremely thirsty, as he was not afraid of me nor did he try to avoid my hand as I flipped water over him. I waited until he lowered his head into the saucer and left to get the camera. He still had his head in the water when I returned, and it was 15 minutes before he took a break. Then, he peed, a lot of it came out all beneath his body, he looked around, and then he peed a couple more times, and resumed drinking. In all he spent nearly 25 or 30 minutes at this before he ventured away from the saucer of water. I watched him head for the shadier area of the garden, and he disappeared between really large flower pots with sweet potato vines and grasses creating a protected area. I moved the saucer into the pine straw mulch, and left to get some romaine and grapes for him. When I returned, he was again drinking from his oasis. I hope the little guy hangs around. It is a more protected area than the big world of the streets, and I have no problem with him eating the slugs and snails in my garden.

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Pet turtle on new feeding grounds

Mathias Koch

Egypt

SeaLife DC1400 underwater camera

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Pretty soon, there was a hole school of them... cool :)

Sandbank 1, water witch passage.

green turtles nest here but this old girl looks a little different ..maybe it's because of her age ..maybe it's not a green turtle..I would appreciate any ideas,,, thanks

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Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is a large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae.

Just a turtle. I was taking random pictures around my house.

L'Oceanogràfic Valencia

She's got dirt on her head from digging her nest.

Taken at the Lake Shrine

Pacific Palisades, CA

I have a turtle that patrols my garden. He eats yucky stuff and chases bad guys and I have never heard him sing a song

Domesticated Turtle spoted at the Island of Premuda

Went swimming with turtles in Barbados and they got really close.

& sunny spring day

Escapade Island, Noumea, New Caledonia

King of the hill

I took this in June at camp during the pond study. We were supposed to be catching frogs with these nets but my best friend and I were just taking pictures of the frogs in the bucket. Either someone found a turtle or someone caught it. It was super tiny. We should name it! Tell me what you think(:

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Michael Jackson's turtle from Neverland

Swimming free off the west coast of the island....so beautiful.

Box Turtle

Kiev II (1951)

Jupiter 8 (1951)

Fomapan 100

-- Shot wide open at f/2.

Inniswood Metro Gardens

5/27/07

Southwest Rocks, Australia. Munching on the algae.

Exhibition of my underwater photography in Sydney starting this Saturday! Take underwater pictures with me at the Evolution Photoganza in the Philippines in September 2013, and enjoy more of my photography & tales of the underwater world in "Sex, Drugs and Scuba Diving".