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    Default Happy World Turtle Day

    May 24th is World Turtle Day.

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    Once again, tortoises get forgotten, cast aside for their fancy-pants cousins, the turtles.
    "Waning Gibbous" would be a great trail name.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobTheBuilder View Post
    Once again, tortoises get forgotten, cast aside for their fancy-pants cousins, the turtles.
    Not at all...World Turtle Day was started by American Tortoise Rescue.



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    Think I'll cook up a pot of turtle stew for the occasion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnnybgood View Post
    Think I'll cook up a pot of turtle stew for the occasion.
    At the rate we are capturing them and sending them overseas, you would be lucky enough to find enough for stew.
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    Ha! Just witnessed my duck slurp up a baby turtle. Happy turtle day

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    Here is wishing you the very best Turtle Day, Winged Monkey!

    I recall that you raise some real beauties-- it's hard to forget your turtle porn.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rickb View Post
    Here is wishing you the very best Turtle Day, Winged Monkey!

    I recall that you raise some real beauties-- it's hard to forget your turtle porn.
    It was a mild winter and they hardly stopped mating over what was supposed to be winter. I've already got at least 20 eggs incubating over the last few weeks.

    Did you know that the female box turtle can store the male's "deposit" and save it for laying fertile eggs, sometimes for up to four years?
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    Aww.. WingedMonkey.. that's cool info about Turtle Day! I looked for turtles, on our hike, but didn't see any.

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    Happy Turtle day!



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    Aww.. WingedMonkey.. that's cool info about Turtle Day! I looked for turtles, on our hike, but didn't see any.
    Try along the C&O Canal in MD near Harper's Ferry..there are loads of them
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    Love the turtle song elf
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    Not to hijack the thread, but it's also a huge Buddhist holiday as the full moon of this month is when Buddha supposedly: 1/ was born, 2/ became enlightened, 3 died. ALL on the full moon of this month. (which is the 24th this month, or today!)

    Called Visakha Bucha Day in Thailand.
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    This one's eyes were telling me "You Shall Not PASS!" yesterday on the trail (So. Illinois), but I made it around. Maybe telling him/her Happy World Turtle Day would have made him/her less grumpy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CoffeeBager View Post
    This one's eyes were telling me "You Shall Not PASS!" yesterday on the trail (So. Illinois), but I made it around. Maybe telling him/her Happy World Turtle Day would have made him/her less grumpy.
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    That's a beautiful shell for a wild Eastern Box Turtle, (Terrapene Carolina Carolina). Usually they have scars or nicks from attempted attacks of forest fires.

    It's most likely a male. Male Eastern usually (not always) have orange or red eyes and the females have brown eyes. My Florida Box Turtle subspecies (Terrapene carolina bauri) don't, they all have brown eyes.

    You can also tell a male by the conclave on his bottom shell (plastron), where a female is completely flat. It's for the male riding on top of the female.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WingedMonkey View Post
    Usually they have scars or nicks from attempted attacks or forest fires.
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    Thanks for the extra info! I found the bit about the eyes after I posted the photo, but it's nice to have that confirmed by an expert!
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    Here's the only other pic I took of him.

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    Here is the plastron of two young males, you can see the slight conclave to the shell, it gets more pronounced with age. Male 3-A plastron.JPGMale 8-C plastron.JPG Here are the bottom shells of two females of the same age. Female 4-C plastron.JPGFemale 6-D plastron.JPG
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    Quote Originally Posted by WingedMonkey View Post
    It was a mild winter and they hardly stopped mating over what was supposed to be winter. I've already got at least 20 eggs incubating over the last few weeks.

    Did you know that the female box turtle can store the male's "deposit" and save it for laying fertile eggs, sometimes for up to four years?
    That's just super. I hope you have a high hatching rate.
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