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A photo of a green sea turtle I took with my waterproof Panasonic Lumix camera on a trip to Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands.
Shot with a GoPro HD Hero II, a sea turtle in the surf on the BIg Island of Hawaii. The photo was taken on April 18, 2012 near my favorite beach on the island. There will be many more to come once I return from the Big Island. Aloha.
Photo cannot be used with out permission. © All rights reserved 2012 World Wide Murman
I adore Turtles. So does my son and so does my daughter. We have been lucky to work with non releasable turtles and to have helped rehab a few. This lucky fella was headed back to the wild after a short rehab stay.
Here in California our Pond Turtles face an uncertain future. Sliders continue to increase there population and that will continue to impact Pond Turtles.
Conservation often calls for difficult solutions. We all know what has to be done to control this invasive species, Sliders have to be caught and put down. They are larger, more agressive and prolific breeders. I know it sounds horrible but it is THE solution to this problem. Education on the dangers of buying that cute pet store turtle would help too but the SLiders need to go. Habitat needs to be protected and I think the Pond Turtle needs some protection.
I know the sliders did not, and do not, come here on there own. It is not the turtles fault, but what is the alternative solution to this problem. I am all ears if you got one but I havent heard a valid, practical one yet.
People think that turtles are slow animals. This is so only if the turtle is cold. Under normal conditions, turtles move very quickly, especially if you want to catch an insect. They move as a professional killer from the movies, is rapidly and irreversibly. And break the worm in a moment.
Red Eared Slider turtle hanging out in the goldfish pond at the Souther Palms Hotel, Barbados, West Indies.
5.5 x 7 original watercolor of a painted turtle on a log. Reference photo by hdeeks, here on Flickr. Thanks Heather!
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!
(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.
Taken on our snorkel trip with Trilogy charters, we didnt see very many turtles but we did encounter whales, dolphins and lots of fish. Taken with an olympus p&s in housing rented from the boat.
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On the north shore of Oahu you're allowed to get fairly close to the turtles. The rule on Midway is to keep back 150 feet (same with the Monk Seals).
Near Haleiwa, Oahu, HI