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I was driving home from the store and turned onto the street that leads to our neighborhood. As I did, I noticed something in the road that looked very much like a turtle. Not wanting to take any chances, I pulled over and went to look and, yup, it was a turtle all right, and thankfully still in good condition! I picked it up and walked down the street till I got almost to this big marshy lake and put it down on the grass there. As I was walking, it was mostly pretty calm, but a couple times I had to put it down momentarily because it would start wiggling its legs. That's when I took this picture. Now that I'm home, I looked it up and found that it was a Florida softshell turtle. Its shell was, in fact, very soft and leathery. I like its big snouty nose too =)
One Snapping Turtle was recorded walking over four miles from her pond to lay her eggs. This was a Patapsco River Turtle....so I haven't any idea how far she was traveling.
Some kids found this guy in a puddle in the rip-rap along the Rock River near the Portland Avenue bridge.
This dude was chillin on the road soaking up the sun. Turtles are one of my favorite animals, so I'm pretty happy that I got to shoot this guy.
It's hard to make out the actual size from these photos, but this guy's shell was about 13 inches long. Head to tail he is probably closer to 18 inches.
Didn't want to mess with him too much as we weren't certain if he was a snapping turtle or not (he's not; snapping turtles look a whole lot meaner). Went inside for a bit as humidity was hovering around a billion percent and when we checked again he had vanished.
Turtle being operated in Australia Wildlife Hospital. The turtle was rescued after being entangled in fishing nets. One fin, which was nearly ripped up, is being sown back on.
While chasing a giant Spotted Eagle Ray, the divemaster scared this guy out of the coral and he popped up right in front of me. Almost ran into the little guy.
A neighbor had a couple of these little turtle placed in his pond by one the neighborhood children - his pond is small and has goldfish, frogs and plants in it, the turtle seem to like their new home.
The Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) inhabits ponds and lakes in the southern Appalachians. This one was captured in the morning light at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville.