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a big viper, a tiny viper and a lizard

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Today's hatchling had one dead eye? It's either dead or doesn't open, I don't know. But the other eye was fine. It probably wondered in search of water for days or weeks, because the weather conditions now are not suitable for hatching process, so it hatched some time ago. I have no idea what this little fella's chances of survival are, but there was nothing I could do other than release him/her into the pond. It was active though, so that's a good start.

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Lamia textor

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Nicrophorus vespillo

These guys actually take care of their offsprings, which is unusual for beetles. And they looks stunning. Would be cute if it weren't for the fact that they live in carrion.

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not a photo but a video this time

Another day, another hatchling hand-delivered to the nearest pond. I wanted to film how it swims away, but it decided to bury itself in the mud instead :)

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I have photos of this lake in every season. It's my favorite place.

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helping little turtle hatchlings to get to the nearest pond (and away from the road)

rambling about turtles under the cut

You can say that maybe we shouldn't help them, and let nature take its course. But the problem is that so many of them just wander right into traffic, I see them flattened so often, it's such a shame. I picked these two up and a minute later a motorcycle passed right where they were sitting. Their population is significantly declining throughout their range due to people and vehicles.

It's amazing how many of them we have here though. Last fall we were hiking in this area and there were dug up and ravaged turtle nests all over the place, eggs eaten. Nice to see that some survived and succesfully hatched after all.

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ducks here are really skittish, as wildlife shoul be

I'm more used to the city ducks, the kind that swarm you until you give them all your possessions. But these are okay too.

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