Wisdom From The Experts Pt 4 & 5 Two Turtle and Tort experts, two related pieces of wisdom to share about turtle and tortoise anatomy! Lori Neuman-Lee, PhD (@CheloniaGirl ), prof at Utah State University, says – “I wish people knew that turtles can’t come out of their shells…because their shells are part of their...
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Words of Wisdom from the Experts Pt 3- “I wish people knew how smart turtles are. They learn quickly where their food comes from; if from a human then they learn that specific person” Is what Michelle Kelly (@MichelleKellyCW), public speaker about Reptiles and amphibians, wishes more people knew about turtles and tortoises. Those of...
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Words of wisdom from the experts pt 2 Check out this INCREDIBLE photo by Amanda Hipps, @biophilamanda, one of the experts who responded to our #worldturtleday question. Amanda studies the animals that live in gopher tortoise burrows. In case you didn’t know, gopher tortoise burrows are home to hundreds of other animals. Their status as endangered directly...
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This year, in honor of #WorldTurtleDay, we asked herpetologists, biologists, rescues, and rehabbers, to tell us what they wish more people knew about Turtles and Tortoises. Starting today we’ll be sharing a few responses a day! Let’s learn more about the animals we love from people who have devoted their lives to protecting them. Biologist...
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They grow up so fast. We have four species in our head-starting lab this year. Nearly 1,500 turtles, of eight species have been raised by nearly 200 students in our facility since 2009 in partnership with @usfws, @ugasrel, @mass.wildlife and @massaudubon
Shelly is the king of sleeping in. He finally decided to grace us with his presence
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#pupsandpunkz #punkzpack #petsitter #tortoise #instatortoise #tortoisesofinstagram #reptile #altadena #templecity #sgv #california #socal #highlandpark #eaglerock #glendale #arcadia https://www.instagram.com/p/B4socIbpSqQ/?igshid=1okz6d1j45lko
What a cutie! Check out this gorgeous Brisbane River Turtle, found in our own suburb of Kenmore crossing the road. Turtles are frequently found moving across land in pring when females are in search of nesting grounds. After a quick health check this one was sent back on its way a little bit further from the perilous road. Fantastic creature 😁🐢🐢🐢
#Brisbane #wildlife #wildoz #reptilesofinstagram #turtle #freshwater #emyduramacquariisignata #nature #cutie (at Kenmore) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5bzHcdAGtn/?igshid=p7cyfvi1kiq4
We hope your bellies are full and your naps long and warm! omnomnom!
We are thankful for all of you who share your shells with us, share the love of turts and torts with us, and make sure every day has some tort time in it 😀
Today is a day for giving thanks: I am thankful for Mom and Grandmom who shower me with noms and cuddles and for all of you who send me so much love every day through the Interwebs! I sure am one lucky tortie!
Mom and Grandmom are busy cooking human food, but Mom let Tiny Tom Turkey and me get the feast started early with my favorite nom ever: Radicchio!
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* Tumblr is STILL eating our individual photo captions, so while the code monkeys are still working on that, captions below:
It’s FEAST TIME!
Radicchio feast is the best feast!
No GRUMPs in sight!
Gobble gobble!
Unlike Mom, I look adorable even mid-CHOMP!
MOOOOOOOM! I NEED MOAR!! (Tiny Tom knows to run when my GRUMPface appears!)
Happy Nomsthanksgiving, Kirby! We are our most adorable mid chomp! That’s why our humans should always be feeding us! So we’re always that adorable! Yep!
