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watercolor. yet another sea turtle.
when I used to scuba dive I always enjoyed visits by turtles.They would swim alongside, curious,their eyes inscrutable and shell opalescent . Always a magical experience
Sea turtles are among the oldest creatures on earth and have remained essentially unchanged for 110 million years.The loggerhead sea turtle is the world's largest hard-shelled turtle and can weigh up to 1500 lbs.
I noticed this snapping turtle as I was driving into my neighborhood. It looked like she was trying to find a place to lay her eggs, but when I came back later, I didn't see any.
Susanne Heid
Tenerife, Canary Islands
SeaLife DC1400 underwater camera
SeaLife has been granted the rights to this image.
Turtles are reptiles of the order Chelonii or Testudines characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield. "Turtle" may either refer to the order as a whole, or to particular Turtle which make up a form taxon that is not monophyletic.
The order Chelonii or Testudines includes both extant (living) and extinct species. The earliest known turtles date from 220 million years ago, making turtles one of the oldest reptile groups and a more ancient group than lizards, snakes or crocodiles. Of the many species alive today, some are highly endangered.
Like other reptiles, turtles are ectotherms—their internal temperature varies according to the ambient environment, commonly called cold-blooded. However, leatherback sea turtles have noticeably higher body temperature than surrounding water because of their high metabolic rate.
Like other amniotes (reptiles, dinosaurs, birds, and mammals), they breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater, although many species live in or around water. The largest turtles are aquatic.
This was the first turtle I ever bought from a pet store. He was also the first of 4 to die pre-maturely by my standards. Lesson: don't buy turtles from Pet stores, catch them yourself, the wild ones live so long you often let them go...
I've rescued several box turtles from the highway over the years. I usually just let them go in the back yard. When I see a box turtle in the yard I wonder whether it's one I found on the road or whether it just wandered in from somewhere.
Turtle Logo Design and corporate identity package including logo, letterhead, business card, envelope and cd label.
Green sea turtle munching on some disgusting algae.
Take underwater pictures with me at the Evolution Photoganza in the Philippines in September 2013, and enjoy more of my photography & tales of the underwater world in "Sex, Drugs and Scuba Diving".
Check out this beautiful snapping turtle getting ready to lay her eggs at Seney National Wildlife Refuge in Michigan!
Photo by USFWS.
I'd gone into the woods to find some shade and happened to notice that one of the "branches" on the other side of the pond had moved. I maxed out the zoom and saw the biggest turtle, but didn't notice I'd got the smaller one, too, until I got home and unloaded the pictures. Those ninja turtles--they're sneaky! ;)