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Taken while diving in Belize.
Green sea turtles are reptiles whose ancestors evolved on land and took to the sea to live about 150 million years ago. They are one of the few species so ancient that they watched the dinosaurs evolve and become extinct. (from National Geographic).
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Glyptemys insculpta
April, 2012. Northern Michigan.
An adult female Wood Turtle seen basking during a kayak trip down a northern Michigan river. Temperatures were in the mid 50s and a few other individuals were seen on the river on this day.
Fin-five from this loggerhead sea turtle in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary! Loggerheads get their name from their relatively large heads, which support powerful jaws and enable them to feed on hard-shelled prey. From hatching to adulthood, a loggerhead increases its weight more than 6,000 times! Marine debris, fishing gear, and development near their nesting areas remain major issues for loggerheads, but by working together we can help reduce these threats.
Photo Credit: G.P. Schmahl/NOAA
Saw this little guy while swimming off the island of Anguilla. I followed him around for a while He soon lost patients with me and split for deeper waters.
I recently found out that the term for an aggregation of turtles is a "bale". So this would be a bale of green sea turtles.
This little creature is about 3 sm in length and is the tiniest turtle that I ever seen. Lekz's daugther, Sasha, found this turtle near the lake during our corporative meeting.
This Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentine) was found in the middle of the road of the Mills Creek Apt. in Wilmington, NC. I drove by it while passing through the apartments and decided to stop and remove the turtle from the street. These turtles are commonly found in shallow freshwater muddy areas (eol.org). The Mills Creek Apartments have a small lake, stream, and ponds within them. I believe that this turtle emerged from one of those ecosystems and ended up in the street. The Common Snapping Turtles are also known to bask, however it is limited to their intolerance to high temperatures and rapid loss of moisture (eol.org). And as you can see from the photo this turtle was drying out from being trapped in the streets on a hot day. However I do not think basking is what lead this turtle into the street. I think the main factor responsible is the force that is most destructive to the field of ecology, humans. I believe the building of the apartments and roads has greatly disturbed the freshwater ecosystems around Mills Creek. The Common Snapping Turtle is know to make local migrations for purposes such as relocation (eol.org). I think in while in search for a better habitat, the turtle become stuck in the road. Thankfully no cars killed the turtle and I was able to safely remove the turtle from the road. However the turtle still faces the challenges brought by the significant impact of humans on its ecology and hopefully it will find a suitable place to live.
Source: eol.org/pages/795409/details
Red Eared Slide turtles hanging out in the goldfish pond at the Souther Palms Hotel, Barbados, West Indies.
Scientific name: Clemmys muhlenbergii
Status: Threatened and Similarity of Appearance
Photo credit: USFWS
Bog turtles are darkly colored with a bright yellow, orange or red blotch on each side of the head.
Just as advertised, Punalu'u Beach is great for sea turtle viewing! I was one of only 3 people around. You can't get within 25' of a sea turtle by Hawaiian law.
These turtle were all over the hill we were on. I found it strange as we were no where near water (well we were near water but it would have been a long walk for a turtle). I later found out that these are land turtles and that they don't go in the water.
Explore #281: Sea Turtle - I added a video clip of this guy to YouTube and got an astonishing 3000 views within 24 hours!