4.23.2006

Found in the woods


turtle
Originally uploaded by nekosoft.
A friendly male three-toed box turtle.


Edit: This turtle is ten years old.

posted by Erik @ 4/23/2006 11:35:00 PM 

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

So, by 10 years of age they are able to talk well enough to tell you their age?

4/25/2006 11:24:00 AM  
Blogger Erik said...

Exactly!

Actually, my conservationist friend showed me how to count the "rings" on a turtle just like a tree (although you don't have to chop down the turtle).

In the larger flickr version of the picture, one can see the growth rings on each plate of the shell.

4/25/2006 05:32:00 PM  

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