turtle photos on Flickr

Among the many kinds of wildlife at local parks like Reed Canal Park, here in South Daytona, Florida, are these lovely, little turtles. When I first came here, they were very timid, and when you walked out on the bridge over their habitat, and looked into the water, they would duck under, wary of being preyed upon. Now, after several years of conditioning by local residents, they wait under the bridge and actually come swimming up when they see people, and will stare right at you hoping for a handout! I don't feed them because it's a state law not to, and it causes them to lose their natural fear of people, which, unfortunately, helps keep them safe from their cruelty. Still, I do enjoy the interaction, and the EYE CONTACT!

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turtle by elizablessed

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Turtle by tocopixel

Northern Map Turtle by Jim Cumming

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All in a row by Photoski141

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Turtle Island on Big Sky Lake.

Baby Turtle by Pascal

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At Melbourne Zoo.

Arakan forest turtle by Bill Hughes

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Heosemys depressa, hatchling.

Ornate Box Turtle by dbarronoss

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Apparently the folks at Bustani have a good enough habitat (with all those flower beds) to host a pair of ornate box turtles.

I'm told this was the female of the pair, but I didn't pick her up to verify...as I was told she tended to bite.

I've only seen this species perhaps 3 times in my life in the wild, so this was a nice sighting. I see usually other species of box turtle at my house, such as the three toed box turtle.

Turtle by Melinda

Yellow-spotted Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA.

Turtle by Kris Livingston

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"Turtle" by iFrippe

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It's neither a teenager nor a ninja, but still...

About the Photo:

The photo was taken with my Nikon d7000. Before the photo was processed with the A10 preset in VSCO Cam, it was tweaked in the Camera+ app.

Eastern Box Turtle by Dave Huth

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Saved from road in Union County, Pennsylvania (USA)

turtles! by angelamastra9

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Snapping turtle lhs 1 by Roger Lupton

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This young snapping turtle went about 10 inches across the shell, weighed around 2.5 lbs. I photographed him on the road at Bedford Mills, then carefull picked him up and moved him before he was hit. Note the duck-weed and filamentous algae covering his carapace. My wife did not appreciate my "turtle stink" when I got back in the car!

Red-eared Slider Turtle Ballona by Martha Spelman

A Red-eared Slider Turtle at Ballona Wetlands

Snapping turtle lhs 2 by Roger Lupton

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This young snapping turtle went about 10 inches across the shell, weighed around 2.5 lbs. I photographed him on the road at Bedford Mills, then carefull picked him up and moved him before he was hit. Note the duck-weed and filamentous algae covering his carapace. My wife did not appreciate my "turtle stink" when I got back in the car!

Turtle by Gerry Hill

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Not sure of the exact species

Probably a Leatherback Sea Turtle

It's about 100Kg (cien)

Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

undersea turtle by Verronica Woods

undersea turtle

Green sea turtle by Mariusz Jurgielewicz

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

Turtles by sneakerdog

Box turtle ~ female by dot65

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Female Box Turtle. NE Arkansas.

Grassy field/marsh area.

She was headed in the direction of a pond and if you view "Original", you can see that she had just finished a snack of some sort. Most likely a nice big fat juicy slug by the looks of it.

Box turtles are the only turtle that has a hinge on the bottom of their shell so they can close themselves completely up.

Males usually have red eyes while the females have yellowish-brown eyes.

(That's how I knew she was a girl)

Turtle by indecisiveImp