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A pair of green sea turtles / honu (Chelonia mydas) nuzzle up to each other while sunbathing in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.
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Photo by: Mark Sullivan, NOAA Fisheries Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program, 2013
During an afternoon of shooting on the banks of the Piscataquog river in New Boston, NH I came across this little critter. It was just standing (lying?) there, in the shade of a tree on the river bank.
Faithful to the stereotype it wasn't moving very fast and this left me plenty of time to take all the shots I wanted :)
Back at my computer I set out to identify its species and it turns out this is a Wood Turtle -- an endangered species. Cool!
Learn more at: New Hampshire Fish And Game Department
this turtle just emerged from a cave in the reef and is heading towards the surface for a breath of air.....
Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) found crossing the road at Heislerville Wildlife Management Area, Cumberland county, New Jersey.
Look at how tiny he is. Those aren't big rocks next to him, those are tiny pebbles. We saw him on our walk at Independence Grove.
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.
Come out of your shell. Cuaght him/her trying to cross the Paint Creek Trail in Lake Orion, Michigan.
Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles (honu), apparently uniquely among sea turtles, sometimes bask on the beach during the day. This is turtle L-2, HiwaHiwa, done basking at "Turtle Beach" (Laniakea, Oahu) and heading back out into the ocean.
(Pseudemys rubriventris); listed as a threatened species in Pennsylvania
With an adult size of 10 to 12 inches and weighing up to 10 pounds, the northern red-bellied turtle is larger than most freshwater turtles except the snapping turtle.
His shell appeared to be crusted with mud, and he does not have many of the usual markings on his head, just some stripes under his chin. Older red-bellied turtles will become "melanistic" (uniformly dark gray or black); also, males especially may be almost entirely black, but there is usually a trace of reddish lines on the medially flattened upper shell and yellowish head stripes. The tip of the upper jaw is notched with toothed cusps on each side. The lower shell ranges in color from coral-pink to red, with darker markings in the young.
In Pennsylvania, the threatened red-bellied turtle lives in the most developed and densely populated southeast corner of the state. This large, long-lived, colorful turtle lives in coastal streams, rivers and wetlands along the eastern seaboard, but nests on land, making survival difficult for eggs and hatchlings. The greatest threat to the turtles is the industrialization and pollution of their environment. The large, aquatic turtles need to have access to deep stream channels and wetlands, because young turtles eat lots of insects. The adults are nearly exclusively herbivorous and feed on a wide variety of aquatic plants.
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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.
Emydoidea blandingii
April, 2011. Clare County, Michigan.
An adult female Blanding's Turtle that was found in a prairie fen on northern Michigan. The red stain of its carapace is due to the tannins from nearby Cedar Trees.
This reminded me of the turtle my great grandma used to keep a long time ago when she was still with us. I miss her from time to time. But I know she's in a better place.
My neighbor has been keeping this baby turtle at his house. It escaped today, so I used the Nikon and wa-lah.