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Sea turtles are almost always submerged in water, and, therefore, have developed an anaerobic system of respiration. Although all sea turtles breathe air, under dire circumstances they may divert to anaerobic respiration for long periods of time. When surfacing to breathe, a sea turtle can quickly refill its lungs with a single explosive exhalation and rapid inhalation. Their large lungs have adapted to permit rapid exchange of oxygen and to avoid trapping gases during deep dives. However, turtles must emerge while breeding, given the extra level of activity.
Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle with a surprisingly clean shell at the drop-off in Honaunau. I am putting this one or the picture right after this in a monthly shootout. I can only use one. Preferences anyone?
This is Jack - he was a bad boy in his former yard - so we took him in. He may become our resident attack tortoise to guard our backyard.
While snorkeling on our first day, just an hour or so after we arrived, we saw a sea turtle cruising around near the jetty.
I couldn't believe it at first, but as the week progressed i got used to looking down into the water just outside our bungalow and seeing awesome creatures - sea turtles (two lived in the area regularly), cuttlefish, barracuda, blacktip reef sharks, bamboo shark, blue-spotted fantail stingrays, a huge eagle ray, not too mention the various strata of fish schools, with the smallest fish congregating right by the beach in a foot of water, to the slightly bigger bait fish the circled endlessly in the hundreds under our bungalows, to the bigger preadtor fish (mostly small trevally) that hung out under the boat dock at the end ofthe jetty in about 15 feet of water.
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.
(Pseudemys rubriventris) The northern red-bellied turtle or American red-bellied turtle . It is endemic to the United States. The current range of the red-bellied cooter includes a colony in Massachusetts which was previously a separate species (Pseudemys rubriventris bangsii) as well as the coastal areas of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina.
誕生日おめでとう！ライケンさん。満2歳。
2015年8月15日現在 甲長160mm 体重 688g
（2015年8月15日撮影）
Happy birthday! LICHEN.
He became two years old.
Shell length 160mm weight 688g
(Taken on August 15, 2015)
One of my good deeds for the day friday was moving this wood turtle out of the middle of a road. I didn't need a fast shutter speed for this pic.
turtles seem easier to care for than other pets, they require lots of time and money. www.pinterest.com/pin/531565562241139131/