a day at the zoo

Andy took this photo. He found this turtle on the shoulder of 10 Mile. She had been hit by a car and her shell was cracked all over. The turtle was alive and moving her limbs, but would not open her eyes--possibly from dehydration. So Andy put her in Freska Lake. He went back the next day to check on her, and her eyes were still not open (though she was still moving her limbs). Blind turtles are racoon food...and probably cannot get food for themselves. So she spent the night in our garage, and then Andy brought her to Blandford Nature Center in GRR, where they have a reptile recovery program. They use epoxy to fix the broken shell after flushing it with saline, and there is a special turtle eyewash that they use, which will hopefully help her open her eyes again. They also said they'd seen turtles in worse condition that had survived, and if she does well, we can return her to Lake Freska.

The Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is a large freshwater turtle of the family Chelydridae. Its natural range extends from southeastern Canada south, west to the Rocky Mountains.

Turtle Egg Laying

Richfield National Wildlife Refuge... Richfield, Washington

mn el light Oo el flash in its eyes

it couldn't move for days O.o!!

sorry Tutle sama =P

An underwater view of a Hawaiian sea turtle btreathing at Waimea Bay on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. seandavey.com, Sean Davey

Turtle in the front yard

Found this guy in the park. He wouldn't come out of his shell. Shy, I guess.

EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

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.

Skowhegan, Maine

eastern box turtle

found in the back yard, released into the wild

One of my friends tells me this is a terrapin, not a turtle.

Either way, it looked very pretty while it sunned itself...

@ Singapore Zoo

They seem to be doing something very odd.

Something definitely tried to get this guy. Taken at Muscatatuck NWR

Sand Turtle from Fort Worth Zoo's reptile exhibit, one of the only animals there that was extremely active. He kept traversing the length of his cage, back and forth, at top (turtle) speed. We figured he had gone insane. At least he paused to have his picture taken.

red eared sliders and black wood turtle

Turtle friends at Radnor Lake in Nashville

so suave...

Spotted Turtle

Picture Taken: June, 2009.

juvenile Glyptemys insculpta, Tennessee Aquarium

Turtles in Pierce Lake Wetlands MI

Taken at Mauna Kea Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii

Photo taken at First Landing State Park, by Park Interpreter

johnbiehler.com

Some friends are visiting and they wanted to see turtles, so we went and found some turtles @ 4 mile. This one was particularly mellow and we got to hang out for a while.

I wish that I could run very fast like turtles.

Murfree Springs Wetlands

First of the year Eastern Box Turtle. Seen crossing our driveway this morning.

Turtle was lost in the backyard all winter (Oct.8 until found March 1). He didn't dig himself in deep enough & lost top layer of his shell.

Ele se chama Catarina, porque durante muito tempo acharam que ele era ela.