#turtles

[interrogatethekat]

@chicago-mentioned

we are so back

[omg-they-were-clavemates]

Poor Thomas, he's trying his best.

It's a sticker

[nightmaresyrup]

The Vietnamese Black-breasted Leaf turtle!

.....MY GOD LOOK AT THEIR EYES! And they're real fast!

[passionpeachy]

My Home Can Be Your Home Too

[antiqueanimals]

Florida Wildlife; vol. 12, no. 4. September, 1958. Illustration by Wallace Hughes.

Internet Archive

[great-and-small]

I have to say that “warm gentle glow emanating from the shell of a turtle” is without a doubt my favorite genre of lamp

[babyanimalgifs]

Turtles helping each other in times of need

(Source)

[jiksvokrat]

the new electricians are looking a bit weird

[agarbagebagofhumanteeth]

Let's sunbathe with mama

[pngblog]

[landsccape]

[leeseechkeens]

Some old art I found in haven’t ever finished

Looks good enough tho, i don’t remember what the theme was

[catchymemes]

[specimentality]

I wish every turtle who must cross a road a very safe journey.

I saw a box turtle crossing a highway this morning and my heart dropped. It’s that time of the year again.

If it’s safe for you to help a turtle cross the road, make sure to move them in the direction they were already going in.

If it’s a snapping turtle only touch the back 1/2 or 1/3 of its shell, you can pinch the carapace above their legs or put one hand on the plastron and one on the carapace (like a pizza box). Just don’t grab behind their head, not all snapping turtles are alligator snapping turtles and that’s a good way to lose a finger.

If you find a turtle on the side of the road that has been hit (even if it appears dead) please note your coordinates and check for local rehabbers. Turtles will survive things that no animal should. Even if it’s not survivable, they will stay alive and suffer a gruesome death without someone to help them go peacefully. Sometimes they look dead but aren’t. Either way, if you can bring them to someone to check them out and help, it’s worth it.

Turtles are too good for this world man. Please help keep them safe

[passionpeachy]

my guiding light