Florida Snapping Turtle, Everglades

Side E

Golden Gate Park, SF

With this cold front hitting right after the hurricane we may

not see Gertle & her two lil buddies till spring.......

hibernation time for Terrapene carolina bauri (Florida Box Turtle).

I'm hoping to see them a few more times before they

burrow away for the winter... :)

UPDATE.... It's warming up again & Gertle is doing her

regular backyard stomp... :)

Check out those claws - our male turtle waiting for (yet more) food!

Tropical Butterfly House

@ at the hawaii zoo

These two females, fraternal twins, hatched in March 1989. More than one egg is unusual for this species. They are two of the seven Malacochersus members of the Chelonian Connection lab's study group in Oregon, USA. (Other species: Terrepena spp., Testudo horsefieldi, Trachemys scripta elegans.) For three decades we have explored turtle cognition from the behavioral side, now described in a book-in-progress.

The six-foot garden window is a favored spot.

"I want a man with a slow hand...I want somebody who will spend some time..." - "Slow Hand," The Pointer Sisters

turtles

Lake Shore, Newark, CA

A beautiful wood turtle with one eye missing

Rhinoclemmys funerea, Geoemydidae

Parque Nacional Tortuguero, Limón, Costa Rica

Nikon D5100, 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6

February 3, 2012

The Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium holds various reptiles and amphibians in the main building, as well as a selection of birds in aviaries outside.

The Calusa centre holds an aquarium with small Florida softshell turtles (Apalone ferox) as well as other, unidentified types.

It was tricky at times taking shots - getting close enough to reduce reflection on the glass, not close enough lose focus (although at times the background gravel is clearer than the beastie).

We had a visitor. I wanted to know what kind it was so I sent these photos to the American Tortoise Rescue site: www.tortoise.com/

And they told me, "That is an extremely deformed redfoot tortoise - obviously someone's pet - I

would capture it if you can - it looks like it had no sun and poor food." She also told me that they always travel in a north west direction and they love pumpkin and cooked sweet potatoes and

strawberries/bananas. Leave out some water - a flat saucer like a flower

pot drip catcher bottom that will not tip.

Excursion to the crocodile farm and in the Indian village of Guam

Free pattern from Lion Brand

I am too in love with turtles

Common Snapping Turtle in the Elm Creek Park Reserve in the Three Rivers Park District in Minnesota.

Turtle , September 2007, Merritt Island NWR, Florida

Lake Lynn, Raleigh, NC - May 2016

Yellow-spotted river turtle

A painted turtle sitting on a rock above the water, trying to warm up.

quarter turtle newly hatched