Paul hasn't yet realized when I say turtle, there is going to be a turtle. Red eared slider. I guess someone in his family, if not this guy, was an ex pet.

Arkansas/Mulberry River, Near Mulberry, Crawford/Franklin County, USA

A turtle sunning itself at the Huntington Gardens.

Turtle with rare Fish.

Giant friggin' turtle at the ABQ Zoo.

I don't know about you, but the camouflage doesn't seem to be too terribly effective

This spotted turtle was found april 13th 2008 crossing the street in the king farm development in Rockville, Maryland

Hatched on 27-28 September after 128 days of incubation. This is the first of this species I have managed to hatch at home.

Savannah Wildlife Refuge

Savannah, GA

Close up

Chrysemys picta picta

The kids were all fascinated with this lovely fellow (I think his name was Oliver?) I had no idea a turtle this size (about 2 feet in diameter) could move so quickly! Very sociable fellow who seemed to enjoy staying close to a particular Barbados sheep...followed him everywhere. :-)

*the Fossil Rim experience begins here

Swimming out over the sand

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Photographed during a magnificent visit to Oasis Wildlife Fuerteventura

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Ft Snelling State Park MN

Snorkelling with turtles, near Bridgetown. A fantastic experience.

Camp Clearfork, Ouachita National Forest, Near Crystal Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA

Red Sea

Going for a liitle swim...this is my 10 year olds photo taking skills.

The nice thing about shooting at the Maui Ocean Center is there only the fish or turtles are moving and the water is clear.

Check out my nails! - Freddie Krueger style.

McKenzie Marsh

Geochelone elegans

Taken at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens Koi Pond. It was a lot of fun to watch these guys battle the fish for the food visitors were tossing into the water.

A turtle in the marsh at the first place that British people settled in the New World - Jamestown, VA

Seriously - what else can you say?

Today at Peter's Valley Craft Center, there was a large event planned to raise money for the Blacksmithing studio. Although, everyone's attention was stolen by these little snapping turtles hatching from a pile of coal in back of the studio.

She came up the beach to lay her eggs - magic!!

Pictures at the Cayman Islands Turtle Farm

www.waterwaystravel.com/surf_mentawais/aloita/aloita_acti...

Raised from the egg!

This one didn't try to kill us, but he wasn't too happy when we picked him up and took him with us for a few minutes. We were moving him from the middle of a road to what we perceived as a better habitat, meaning, something with more vegetation. Look at his dinosaur leg.