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Lovely Hawksbill having a nose round for food. Not bothered by me being near at all.
Maldives, Nov 2007.
In the market in Iquitos, we saw so many turtle waiting to be bought to be eaten. It was so sad to me because I love turtles, but I guess when it comes down to survival and cultural practice it isn't bad to them.
Keep the smallest creatures in mind during drought conditions..like this small turtle in need of a low drink of water
A closeup of that little guy.
After a good meal and some rest, he will be tagged and released.
Sea turtles return to breed at the same beach where they were born. (This is a serious problem if their home beach is now a parking lot.) No one yet knows whether turtles who get lost going from the beach to the sea have properly imprinted on their beach, and whether this will be a problem when the time comes for them to breed.
Turtle Hospital
Marathon Key, Florida
March 2009
Reptilia
Testudines
Emydidae
Chrysemys picta picta, Eastern Painted Turtle
Congers Lake
Congers, Rockland Co., NY
Taken in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
After laying down a few feet from this gal she opened her mouth nice and wide (not sure if it was a threat display or if she was just stretching her jaw). She quickly realized I wasn’t that much of a threat and and decided I wasn’t worth her time, and went on her way.
The funny thing is he was actually singing, "Hello, my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal..."
near Tampa Florida, I saved its life. It was in the road and I picked it up and moved it off the road. it went into its shell when i picked it up.
The eastern snapping turtle's tail is typically about the length of half of its carapace (shell). However, juvenile's tails are longer than their carapaces.
This turtle did not look quite as sleek as some of the others. An older animal, or maybe a different species?