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Common Name: Asiatic softshell turtle
Species: Amyda cartilaginea
Photo: Koulang Chey
Cambodia, 2007
A giant turtle peacefully sleeping at "A Cupulatta", a turtles protection centre located in Corsica, about 30 Km from Ajaccio
grandma & i had an exciting time cornering this snapping turtle, which turned out to be the most hostile turtle i have ever met. the moment i took out my camera he opened his mouth & started charging.
Loggerhead Turtle skull - unfortunately poaching of turtles when they lay is rife with 1,100 killed on Boa Vista for bush meat and skins. Remains were very easy to find sadly.
this small little beauty swam among the sunblocker-blurred tourists...of course, we decided "to save it" and so i had the unique opportunity to take this shot with this cutie on my hand. "She" was released far apart on the reef
El Quadim Bay
El Quseir القصير
Egypt (sept., 9th 2011)
This turtle was roaming around our back yard for a few days, probably building a nest somewhere. Strange, because our yard is completely fenced in by 6 foot fences, so she must have rappelled in somehow.
Acrylic painting of a sea turtle by Darla Dixon.
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Seeing a turtle underwater is always a treat. Seeing one up close and not spooking it into leaving, is an experience I shall cherish forever! This particular one pause from its meal, peeked at me, then went back to eating the sea grass which grows in abundance in Black Forest at Balicasag Island, Bohol.
*I had to do some editing in Lightroom for this particular shot. It was my first dive with the camera, and was testing out different white balance settings. Unfortunately, the original photo did not do the turtle justice.
This guy was lounging on the river's edge among the plastic bottles and sticks. He was either very tired, or pregnant, or accustomed to getting picked up.
Common snapping turtle. She was making her way across the golf course, from the creek to the big pond. As a rough guess, I'd say she weighed about 50-60lbs. -- she's a big girl, but she's still got room to get much bigger if she stays out of trouble.
Despite the breed's fearsome reputation, she was quite polite. These turtles are unable to retreat fully into their shells and are all but defenseless on land (though they're devils in the water), so they tend to get "snappy" if provoked.
But this one allowed me to get close, lie down beside her, and take her picture from several angles. Then she went on her merry way.
Despite the breed's fearsome reputation, she was quite polite. These turtles are unable to retreat fully into their shells and are all but defenseless on land (though they're devils in the water), so they tend to get "snappy" if provoked.
But this one allowed me to get close, lie down beside her, and take her picture from several angles. Then she went on her merry way, and I went mine.
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.
At the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere, this wasn't even a turtle display, but a turtle walking around in some other animal's space. That leaf totally makes the picture for me. At first, I thought the red dots on the side of the face were the eyes, such that this turtle had large scary red eyes. In fact, you almost have to view the turtle at original size to even see the eyes.