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Paul and Donna like fresh water turtles and we know you do too! Today’s shellabration revolves around the adorable stinkpots that live in fresh water swamps and ponds!
Nature’s great variety of toitles is a bounty of cute!
“Dude, I’m I sea turtle, not a fresh water turtle.”
“I’m an eastern painted turtle! Aren’t I pretty?”
“Peek-a-boo! I see you!”
Juvenile soft-shelled turtle swimming up to breathe the air. In most reptiles, birds and mammals, the rib cage movement aids breathing, but in the evolution towards turtles, the rib cage was transformed into the immovable shell covering the animal’s back. Image courtesy of RIKEN.
By Blazing Caribou Studios TMPaul and Donna like fresh water turtles and we know you do too! Today’s shellabration revolves around the adorable stinkpots that live in fresh water swamps and ponds!
Nature’s great variety of toitles is a bounty of cute!
“Dude, I’m I sea turtle, not a fresh water turtle.”
“I’m an eastern painted turtle! Aren’t I pretty?”
“Peek-a-boo! I see you!”
Juvenile soft-shelled turtle swimming up to breathe the air. In most reptiles, birds and mammals, the rib cage movement aids breathing, but in the evolution towards turtles, the rib cage was transformed into the immovable shell covering the animal’s back. Image courtesy of RIKEN.