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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
Species: Trachemys scripta
Subspecies: Trachemys scripta elegans
Auburn University Arboretum, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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Welcome to my Flickr 365 Project! I’m calling it my 365 Species Project, because for each day of the year, I will post a photo of a different species of organism... My goal was to accomplish all of this in 2013, but I soon found out that it was more daunting a task than I'd realized. Instead, my new goal is to get through 365 by the end of 2014, still an impressive average of a new species every other day for two years.
We're in the home stretch, now!!! It's December, which means I'm down to my last 31 days to get it all done in 2 years. Somewhat unfortunately, I'm getting slammed at the end of my first semester in graduate school, so the project has really dropped toward the bottom of the old priority list. Nonetheless, I'm going to do my best to get them all in under the wire. Excuse the massive posts!
This is another shot of my dad's beloved pet tortoise, a Red Footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis Carbonaria) to be exact. Well, one of three that he has. It was just coming out from under the shade in the enclosure to get some sunlight. When I was looking back at this shot, it reminded me of a conversation that I had with a dear friend recently. She said that she was going to try getting out of her comfort zone and trying new things and new experiences...kind of like this cute little tortoise.
Maybe it's a good idea to "come out of your shell and get into the sunlight sometimes" ! :) After all, life is meant to be lived, not tolerated. And simply existing is not the same thing as living. I think my friend, Jusni said it best in his post entitled "Reflecting" .
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
Native to the eastern part of the U.S., eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina) are land dwellers that can live up to 100 yrs. in the wild! In many of NCBN's parks they are of special concern, so if you happen to spot one, let the staff know. This turtle was found in a meadow at Cape Cod NS.
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
To read our story on this area:
www.cruisingtheedge.com/howick-group-east-past-lizard-isl...
Saw a bunch of turtles at Chang's Beach. Swam about this close to them. (Photo from Maui Marine Images)
This is a box turtle that my wife rescued off the street one rainy afternoon. We were hoping he would open up to us, but when we took him to Mill Creek to be free, he quickly swam away from what he must have thought were his evil captors.
This photo was used by the Stockton,CA public library HERE.
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