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underwater, marine creatures, fish.turtle taken from below with clouds of fish in blue water in background. Indian ocean.?Geoff Spiby/ Cape Photo Library
Turtles at Makena Beach/Makena Landing in Maui.
Photo credits primarily Allen Tabisola, secondarily Eric Williams and Renee Dimond
Thanks, Larry Meade for the identification -- I've looked it up -- seems right.... but I'm no expert with turtles, (knowing what a Box Turtle is about the most I know!), so I'll call it a "Painted Turtle", but if anyone else has other identification ideas -- they are welcome.
This turtle was stranded at low tide. We poured some water on its shell and body to stop it from drying out, but it was way too heavy for us to move.
According to others who came after us, the turtle's front-right flipper (not shown) was injured. Poor thing.
I didn't have anything to show the scale, but this turtle must be at least three feet long. It looks like a freaking dinosaur.
A head shot close up of a nice little turtle.
Just a bit of a shame the colour is as washed out.
Moalboal, Philippines, March 2008