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First box turtle of the year

May 10, 2013 by SWestfall3

The warm spring rain has brought out this old box turtle. It’s come out in search of slugs and earthworms, which come to the surface to mate in the warm rain.

Posted in Testudines | Tagged box turtle, Eastern box turtle | 1 Comment

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on May 10, 2013 at 10:43 pm judie Lewellen

Gorgeous one. I spent a summer in OK and these turtle got so fat during the blackberry season they couldn’t close their shells up.’

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