Walking down my driveway back from my neighbor's today, I found a box turtle. A little one. I stooped down and took its picture.
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| Trundle trundle trundle |
I knew that they were called box turtles because they could close their shells and resemble closed boxes. Fine. That sounds great.
But when I picked it up, it pulled its head and legs in, and then with a squeak (like air being forced out - which it probably was) its bottom shell (the plastron, if you will) hinges and it closes up tight. Dude. So cool.
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| Closed up tight. |
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| It has a HINGE. So incredibly cool. |
5 comments:
That is pretty darned neat and well worth another posting. I don't think anyone will count it against you if you are a turtle person.
Turtles are awesome! Especially sea turtles, which you probably won't see on your property.
I've even stopped traffic numerous times to assist turtles across the street.
They are SO cool! I got to see sea turtles hatching out at Myrtle Beach back in high school. They were pretty awesome...
And it makes me cringe when I see them hit on the road. And I recently clipped one myself (it went flying like 20 ft. I DID stop to see if it was OK, and it was...) and felt horrible. Why they INSIST on trundling across the road, I will never understand....
Turtles don't walk. They trundle.
You're convincing me to a turtle person too!! Amazing shots! =)
Thanks Sam! My iPhone 4 takes great pictures :)
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