I love turtles...but I really, really LOVE baby turtles.
This guy and his family were on vacation last summer and at the beach in Cayucos. The kids were running along at the edge of the water when the young daughter almost stepped on something alive. She picked it up and it was an Actinemys marmorata, but they didn't know that at the time. All they knew was that it WASN'T a sea turtle. So they brought the baby turtle home with them to Reedley, a small town to the south of me. They had the turtle for several months and were finally able to research what kind it was, finding out it is a protected turtle. The dad talked the girls into allowing him to find a rescue that takes in protected turtles, and he found me on the 'net.
He brought it to me just now, and I have to admit, baby turtles are just so darned cute. I just melt when I see them...
This guy and his family were on vacation last summer and at the beach in Cayucos. The kids were running along at the edge of the water when the young daughter almost stepped on something alive. She picked it up and it was an Actinemys marmorata, but they didn't know that at the time. All they knew was that it WASN'T a sea turtle. So they brought the baby turtle home with them to Reedley, a small town to the south of me. They had the turtle for several months and were finally able to research what kind it was, finding out it is a protected turtle. The dad talked the girls into allowing him to find a rescue that takes in protected turtles, and he found me on the 'net.
He brought it to me just now, and I have to admit, baby turtles are just so darned cute. I just melt when I see them...