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A large snapping turtle captured while laying eggs by a bikepath in Spring Lake Michigan. I had to keep my distance while making this picture since they are known for their bad dispositions.
ROY KILCULLEN PHOTOGRAPHY 25/04/2006
Myrtle the Loggerhead Turtle is released into the Atlantic Ocean from a beach in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria almost two years after getting washed up in the Western Isles of Scotland. Myrtle, who lost a flipper in a shark attack, has been nursed back to health in the UK at the Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary in Oban, and later the Scarborough Sea Life & Marine Sanctuary.
Savanah gave Annie Ann a toy turtle for Christmas. Tonight was the first night Annie Ann was over when Savanah was home and Savanah gave her the gift. Shortly after giving her the gift, she took it back and started playing with it not wanting to give it back.
Without a doubt, run over by an ATV (carapace and plastron cracked under pressure). Not the first time on this particular trail. Western MA
The Turtle Hospital is a facility that rescues, rehabilitates and releases injured or sick sea turtles. It was opened in 1986 and has released over 1500 sea turtles since that time. The facility is well run and maintained with a staff that is on call 24/7 to rescue turtles in the Keys. Located at Marathon, Florida.
Trachemys scripta elegans, basking at Zilker Gardens. They are popular as pets, but are now restricted because they can carry Salmonella. Released pets have also become invasive outside their native southern US.
These water turtles have been seen in pet shops for years. The red marking right behind the ear is a very noticable distinction on these turtles. They are commonly seen in lakes, ponds and wetlands. The females are larger and can reach a shell length of 11 inches. I found this one out in a field a few hundred feet from the lake I was near. This turtle was dry and covered in dirt, so I carried it to the lake. This location was in Lawrenceburg, IN.
Found walking around several feet from a pond & brought back home for a photo shoot, then returned. These shots were taken in the sun, but I was careful not to expose the turtle to it for more than a few minutes. It was godawful hot, & I was worried about overheating. If the turtle is free, it will just move in & out of the sun as needed, but it can't do that if someone's holding onto it!
In an ongoing effort to track bog turtle populations, biologists recently spent several days visiting southern Appalachian bogs in western North Carolina, searching for the rare turtles. Measurements were taken and recorded for each turtle found, then each individual was marked twice – one a physical marking of the turtle’s shell, and then each turtle receives a unique identifying chip, much like you might have placed in your cat or dog. Part of the benefit of chipping the turtles is to identify individual turtles, that are known from specific sites, them should they ever be found in the possession of poachers.
Credit: Gary Peeples/USFWS
Turtle Shell quilt block made using a pattern from the Super Mario Brothers Quilt Along on www.cuttopieces.blogspot.com
This pattern is also featured on www.fandominstitches.com
Fabrics...
Kona Cotton: Black
Bella Solids: Surf
Michael Miller Cotton Couture: Bright White, and Turf
Stabilizer...
Sulky Sticky Fabri-Solvy
Another picture from my favourite local walk, there's usually something new to see, this is the first time I've seem a turtle in my patch of the New River.
This picture of a male Painted Turtle was taken on a small pond near the Grand River in Brantford, Ontario.
It can be determined that this Painted Turtle is a male because its front claws are longer than its back claws.
Saw this big Green Sea Turtle sunning himself during my walk.
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