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This guy was not scared of us at all. He stood his ground even after I jumped back away from him after realizing he was staring me down.
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.
A turtle we came across while riding...after the photo op, we made sure that he made it to the side of the road that he was heading to.
I found this turtle stranded in the middle of a hot Alabama road. This picture was taken at his release.
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
kinda hard to get this pic. Holding turd, knees bend towards lamp, holding camera still on broken & shaky tripod
This painted turtle was rescued crossing the road from one pond to another. He was kept in a nice outdoor cage until one day he mysteriously escaped.