ARBC ~ Alabama Red Bellied Cooter Baby Pictures

[Gulf Coast]

Can you say happy Happy Joy Joy~~!!!! OMG.. I didn't think I would see these guys make it. Mr Pete brought the babies back today to be released into the bayou behind my house.. Before being returned back their natural habit.. I grabbed a few photos.. Its a happy/sad feeling.. So happy they made it out of the nest but sad to see them go back into the wild only because I worry about them not making it there.. But hey these little guys have come this far and fought the odds so I think they will be just fine!!!

Mr Pete did say that one little hatchling didn't make it. The little hatchling was preserved and will be sent to the Museum for further study.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow I'm just waiting on the nest to hatch that is right outside my front door.. I would love LOVE LOVE to catch them emerging from the ground.. This is the little traps he placed over the nest out by the road and by my house.. ALSO DANNY note.. The WARNING.. serves as a WARNING and as SHADE for the new hatchlings..

Pseudemys alabamensis http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Pseudemys_alabamensis/ << A little info link..

 

[Isa]

OMG they are sooo cute
That is really really nice what you did for them!
Good luck with the other nest

 

[egyptiandan]

Excellent pictures Janice Hopefully you'll have more coming back to lay in another 10 years or so.
That works as a great bit of shade, doesn't it.

Danny

 

[Stazz]

Oh wow look how many little tiny lives you saved Janice !!!! Gives me goosebumps ! They're so cute!

 

[Crazy1]

Janice, great pics and great job. You should feel really proud. Awh babies are so sweet.

 

[Gulf Coast]

Ahhh Thanks everyone... The babies were so cute, I sure hope they make it out there in the bayou..I have checked a couple of times today the area where they were released and I didn't see any of them.. So that a good sign right???? Maybe they are all hidding in the grass.. Oh wow you should have seen them scoot across the water when they were released.. They shot out about a foot and then wiggled down into the water and grass.. Of course my girls were there saying good bye to each of them.. Oh Abby didn't wanna let them go.. All I keep hearing is, but we found the mama and the nest and now the babies... So why can't we have/keep them.. Their my babies!! (SAD FACE) lol.. One day she will understand..