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    Looking to I.D. turtle I saw as a kid

    Thank you so much. I found another terrapin just a few years earlier in Dallas. I was 7. I realize now it had to be an escaped pet. It hurts so much ....long story, makes me cry every time. What was this? It had a 6" long yellow geometric patterned shell. It's most distinguishing feature was...
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    I need to ID a pet tort I found in Dallas, TX

    This little beauty is 6" long yellow geometric shell, astoundingly fast, rear legs look like miniature elephant legs, (columnar? ok). It's head was sort of pointy ...a beak? I was 7 when I found it. Both the tort and I were helpless and traumatized by the complete lack of adult help at the...
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    Comment by 'gavindr' in media '20200327_183357.jpg'

    WOW, this is the best ... I'm not sure what I'm looking at. One person's habitats and turtles? That's incredible and the pictures are just as amazing. How many turtles do you have? Are some of them breeding? How do you prepare for that? I can't post all my appreciative comments because...
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    Comment by 'gavindr' in media 'New member of Family'

    He needs a few buddies, Girls and boys. Nice setup. I always tell people to plan on breeding them and trading to keep their numbers increasing. Turtles are good Luck on those who take care of them and make them happy. You have a really cute adorable little beauty. Get her some friends if you...
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    Comment by 'gavindr' in media 'Hey, guess what'

    What's he doing? It looks like he's rubbing his chin on the carpet, but I can't see his head. Does he have a mate? We should all do everything we can to breed these amazing and adorable creatures. The modern world is tough on the innocent (and slow). We need to breed them so we can all learn...
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    Specific Terms For Torts

    Good question. I don't think tortoises are herding creatures. Therefore, if it gets lucky, it's a "happy" tortoise (or tortato is a lucky sounding term). Happy and tortato are terms that apply to both male and female. Those that aren't happy, are just friends, nice boys and girls, or nerds...
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    Looking to I.D. turtle I saw as a kid

    WOW, THIS IS TOTALLY AMAZING. HA HA. I'm speechless. This has so much information in it. How many other states have pdf books like this? It's a real treasure for people who love life, in the biological sense. The small creatures are the barometer for global health. I think it's terribly...
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    Looking to I.D. turtle I saw as a kid

    I just learned that I have 15 minutes to reply. I fell asleep. Tough day. The turtle was green so it must be aquatic but it could not be a red anything because there was no red anywhere. Red sliders are popular today but they are not native. I've never seen an aquatic fresh water turtle with...
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    Looking to I.D. turtle I saw as a kid

    You're right ! It was green so yes, it must be an aquatic turtle. Could it have sensed the rainstorm and then walked up out of the creek and up the bank and was blocked by that draining "danger water", as I call it because it was a small narrow but normally dry gulch, but then it was draining...
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    Looking to I.D. turtle I saw as a kid

    In short, I need some help identifying the species of a turtle or tortoise I saw as a kid on some land I inherited in the far northwest corner of Kansas. It had a tall shell and slight fluted humps to clear its legs. The shell was solid dark olive green. It looked like a smaller turtle hiding...
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