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These turtles can weight up to 40lbs and it has a leaf shape head. when a fish approaches it, it suddenly opens its wide mouth and 'vacuums' the prey in. pretty cool right? i seriously thought it was a rock when i saw it lol.
This little guy was possibly the quickest turtle I've seen. He barely paused to let me take a picture of him.
Taken at the Joseph L. Popp Jr. Butterfly Conservatory.
A green sea turtle / honu (Chelonia mydas) at Midway Atoll in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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A turtle sitting on submerged branch in the Mokelumne River in California's Central Valley. One of my best turtle pictures! Another unusually calm critter.
I found this Painted Turtle just north of Seattle, Washington in the middle of a busy street during rush hour. Here he is in the plastic tub that I had in my car. We released him into the wild away from roadways.
First time I've seen a turtle (or tortoise) in a while. After getting camera flashed in the face I don't know if this one will return to my yard anytime soon.
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.
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.
(Pseudemys rubriventris) The northern red-bellied turtle or American red-bellied turtle . It is endemic to the United States. The current range of the red-bellied cooter includes a colony in Massachusetts which was previously a separate species (Pseudemys rubriventris bangsii) as well as the coastal areas of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina.