Green Sea Turtle. Chelonia mydas. Maui, Hawaii, USA.

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I found 5 distinctly beautiful turtles while mushroom hunting

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Found this little guy crossing the street while on a bike ride on vacation. I'm in love with how he's popping out =]

San Diego Zoo

Green sea turtle at Shedd Aquarium. www.sheddaquarium.org

found in golden gate park.

Turtle parking is full.

Turtle Island run by Crystal Quest in Sabah Borneo.

Photographed is a painted turtle at Bombay Hook National Refuge, Virginia. This was shot using a Canon 7D and a Canon 100-400mm L lens.

These days, I take promises of viewing exotic wildlife with more than a pinch of saltwater. Particularly endangered species. To find pandas I had to travel for days. To glimpse a tiger, I shivered morning and night under a blanket of frost.

But to see turtles in Barbados? I only needed to hold my nose and leap from a gleaming white boat....read more at www.insidethetravellab.com

Kensington Metro Park, MI

I found this Painted Turtle just north of Seattle, Washington in the middle of a busy street during rush hour.

The markings on his belly were truly amazing in shades of orange, green and yellow.

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Seen along the Illinois and Michigan Canal path, this painted turtle was hiding from us as we tried to photograph him.

Notice how the stripes on his head go right through his eye.

And his dirty mouth!!

loggerhead sea turtle, heron island.

It is a very fiestly and quick reptile. Its neck is long and flexible so the turtle can bite a handler even if picked up by the sides of its shell. It can amputate a finger with its powerful snapping jaws.

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Turtle Snapping Summer female water Nikon D200 Tamror 17-50mm F2.8 ISO 200 A priority

somebody captured the poor thing , luckily the kids released the turtle back to its habitat

Walking with my dog this evening,we came upon this painted turtle heading out to look for a nesting area. She tucked herself in as soon as she knew we were there and stayed that way. We were on a little used driveway so I didn't feel the need to move her out of the way. i figured she knew where she was going. I warned the new neighbors to watch for turtles ontheir diveway and on the bridge for thte next few weeks.

I encountered another painted turtle on the highway today. My car passed right over her then i stopped to go back and move her out of the road. In my rearview mirror i saw another car pass over her and she spun around and gumbooted'er to the side of the road as fast as her little turtle legs would take her.Iproceeded on my merry way knowing she was out of harms way.

Snapping turtles will be coming out soon too to nest and then more encounters ;-)

The Turtle Boy statue in Worcester center was a gift to the City from Harriet Burnside in 1903. Someone draped plastic beads on the statue.

One of my favourite holiday moments. Sea turtles swimming in the harbour at Kastelorizo, Greece.

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wood turtle

almost 2 inches.

Cochise Co., Arizona - An old guy whose lost most of his markings.

Coeur D'Alene Idaho

They are in my opinion much faster than generally given credit.

Adult male

Hawkbill Sea Turtle.

A rarer species and a meat eater.

His bill obviously suited to the task.

Diving Sta. Sofia, Sogod Bay, Southern Leyte.

Last dive of our trip.

A giant turtle peacefully sleeping at "A Cupulatta", a turtles protection centre located in Corsica, about 30 Km from Ajaccio

June evening at Lake Maria State Park, MN. See a painted turtle in the grass and get out to get a few photos and expect it to run off like most painted turtles do, but it didn't. It was digging in the ground a hole and thought it was strange and then the first egg popped into the hole and watched her drop 8 eggs into the hole and then covered the hole and walked back to the lake.

Turtle at CalTech ponds

Geoemyda spengleri, Tennessee Aquarium

i used a disposable underwater camera while snorkeling and adjusted image using my Photoshop action for fixing underwater pictures. it turned out nicely. Akumal, mexico

A sea turtle at the Tennessee Aquarium

turtle at the zoo

The commonest turtle we see here.

Some redbelly turtles warm themselves in the springtime sun. Like many areas, southern Maryland experienced a drop in temperatures over Tuesday night. But, that wasn't enough to deter these sun worshipers!