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Snapper turtles can grow to be very large. The first time I found one, it was twice the size of my foot! They can be found near most water sources. Like most turtles, cars and dogs are the most common cause of injury. If you find one, leave it alone, unless it's near a road.
Photo: Volunteers for Wildlife
This is what I call a turtle's eye view. I have Lucky up on a bale of hay so that we can see the colors that another turtle would see. From up above Lucky is much more drab.
Lucky is a male "Three-toed-boxturtle." I was surprised to learn that the name Lucky is used a lot for naming turtles. I suppose that comes from the near-death situations that they are found. Except for a chunk of missing shell on his belly, Lucky was in pretty good shape when I took him in.
Sammy was a gift from a friend, He used to be named Danny, but I have a very close friend named Danny, so of course Someone had to change their name and the turtle volunteered.
Day 14. Found a very large turtle resting on a ledge on a vertical reef wall. normally very shy, it let us get very close to it.
My pet turtle checking out the camera. She actually loves it when I take her picture. She'll splash around a bit and after a few shots, she stops. Consided little thing ;)
Name: Ebby
Age: 6 years
Type: Red Eared Slider
I went to the park today... it´s only steps away from my home, and i like to go there on the weekends. it´s nice there... they have all kind of animals and lots of flowers, a tropical greenhouse, lots of birds, a chinese teahouse... one can spend the whole day there. i went quite early, so it was not terribly busy. anyway, when i saw this turtle (they´re just swimming in the water, or in this case, sunbathing) i thought its expression just captured wonderfully my mood during the last week.
Mr. turtle was waiting for me when i left my carrboro abode (Hanna st) early friday morning. he probably thought it was still early enough to mosy across the backyard at his own pace without running into any human traffic.
I found this turtle literally in the middle of the road. A dirt road where a small bump of a reptile is not readily obvious. (S)he is most fortunate I'm an observant fellow. We do not have wild turtles in Washington, native or imported.
Shot a few pics with my lightbox both to document the oddity of it all, and to hopefully help identify my hardshell friend's species. Do you recognize it? Please let me know!