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This was a turtle cake for a 4 year old Under the Sea birthday party with 25 matching mini cakes. This one was so much fun. I just got to be really creative.
Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) - Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA
The small lake that these were seen in has one of the largest populations of turtles I have ever seen, walking the perimeter of the lake I must have seen over a 100 painted turtles. I stopped on shore to observe a few turtles and saw some interesting behavior, a 3rd turtle swam up and began stretching its neck out of the water towards the face of one of the basking turtles, it did this for several minutes took a break and then resumed its activity. At several points the basking turtle retracted its head back inside its shell but this did not dissuade the 3rd (persistent) turtle, my view was obstructed by the basking turtles shell but the turtles were so close that their snouts must have been touching or very close to it. I don't know what this behavior was, perhaps the 3rd turtle wanted the other to relinquish its basking spot or maybe some sort of mating behavior. In any case it was interesting to see. You can see the turtle in the water stretching to reach the basking turtle from the water in this shot.
Green turtles are found throughout the world, occurring primarily in tropical, and to a lesser extent, subtropical waters. The Hawaiian green turtle is genetically distinct from the other green sea turtle populations, nesting primarily in the French Frigate Shoals of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and feeding in the coastal areas of the main Hawaiian Islands. This species was in a steep decline as of the 1970s because of direct harvest of both turtles and eggs by humans. The population has grown steadily over the last thirty years after protection began in 1978. Greens are the most common species of sea turtle found in Hawaiian waters.
A snapper in the hand is a handful.
The snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in Canada.
The snapping turtle is Ontario’s most prehistoric-looking turtle species. Its long tail has a series of triangular spikes along the top that are reminiscent of those of a stegosaurus. The carapace (upper shell) is tan or olive to black in colour, has a coarsely serrated anterior (front) edge and three longitudinal ridges, and is often covered with algae. The plastron (lower shell) is very small. The maximum length of the carapace in this species is 47 centimetres.
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Almost stepped on this little fellow/gal as it was crossing my driveway.
It's about two inches from stem to stern.
A box turtle catches the last light of day, partly closed up, after being picked up and moved out of the road.
I was driving through the Sand Hills of Nebraska when I noticed a turtle crossing (ever so slowly) the dirt road with a big truck approaching from the other direction. I picked it up, to the great amusement of the truck driver, and moved it out of the road. The turtle seem to be indifferent to being moved out of harm's way, and neither thankful nor contrite.
The lower portion of a box turtle's shell (the plastron) is hinged so the turtle can tuck in its legs and head and then close the shell so that no soft tissues are accessible to predators such as foxes or coyotes. This turtle's shell is partially closed--not sufficiently open for walking, not sufficiently closed to provide protection against predators.
Young chicks making it big...we call him Champion. Is chick a name for baby turtle? It is cute and we all feel sad releasing such a lovely creature to an open ocean.The minutes we put him on sand...he knows exactly where to go. Marvelous sense of direction...giving us much comfort that he knows how to survive from young. Good luck little one